Hosea
Hosea 1:2
2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| first | תְּחִלַּ֥ת | tə·ḥil·laṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8462 beginning |
| spoke | דִּבֶּר־ | dib·ber- | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| through Hosea | בְּהוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פ | bə·hō·šē·aʿ p̄ | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1954 Hoshea |
| He | יְהוָ֜ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| told | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| him | הוֹשֵׁ֗עַ | hō·wō·šê·a‘ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1954 Hoshea |
| Go | לֵ֣ךְ | lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| take | קַח־ | qaḥ- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3947 take |
| a prostitute | זְנוּנִים֙ | zə·nū·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H2183 adultery, idolatry |
| as your | לְךָ֞ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| wife | אֵ֤שֶׁת | ’ê·šeṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H802 woman, wife, female |
| and have children | וְיַלְדֵ֣י | wə·yal·ḏê | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct | H3206 child, son, boy, youth |
| of adultery | זְנוּנִ֔ים | zə·nū·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H2183 adultery, idolatry |
| because | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| this land | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| is flagrantly prostituting itself | זָנֹ֤ה | zā·nōh | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot |
| from | מֵֽאַחֲרֵ֖י | mê·’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition-m | H310 behind |
| the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Hosea 3:1 · Hosea 2:4–5 · Deuteronomy 31:16 · Psalm 106:39 · Revelation 17:1–2 · Revelation 17:5 · Ezekiel 6:9 · Exodus 34:15–16 · 2 Peter 2:14 · Ezekiel 23:1–49 · Jeremiah 3:9 · Ezekiel 16:1–63
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.