Hosea

Hosea 11:8–9

8How could I give you up, O Ephraim?

How could I surrender you, O Israel?

How could I make you like Admah?

How could I treat you like Zeboiim?

My heart is turned within Me;

My compassion is stirred!

9I will not execute the full fury of My anger;

I will not destroy Ephraim again.

For I am God and not man —

the Holy One among you —

and I will not come in wrath.

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Hosea 11:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Howאֵ֞יךְ’êḵInterjectionH349 How?
could I give you upאֶתֶּנְךָ֣’et·ten·ḵāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH5414 give, put, set
O Ephraimאֶפְרַ֗יִם’ep̄·ra·yimNoun - proper - masculine singularH669 Ephraim
How could I surrender youאֲמַגֶּנְךָ֙’ă·mag·gen·ḵāVerb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH4042 deliver up, deliver
O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiś·rā·’êlNoun - proper - masculine singularH3478 Israel
Howאֵ֚יךְ’êḵInterjectionH349 How?
could I makeאֶתֶּנְךָ֣’et·ten·ḵāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH5414 give, put, set
you like Admahכְאַדְמָ֔הḵə·’aḏ·māhPreposition-k; Noun - proper - feminine singularH126 Admah
How could I treatאֲשִֽׂימְךָ֖’ă·śî·mə·ḵāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH7760 put, place, set
you like Zeboiimכִּצְבֹאיִ֑םkiṣ·ḇō·yimPreposition-k; Noun - proper - feminine singularH6636 Tseboim, Tsebijim
My heartלִבִּ֔יlib·bîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
is turnedנֶהְפַּ֤ךְneh·paḵVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH2015 turn, overturn
within Meעָלַי֙‘ā·layPreposition; first person common singularH5921 height
My compassionנִחוּמָֽי׃ni·ḥū·māyNoun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH5150 consoled, solace
is stirredנִכְמְר֥וּniḵ·mə·rūVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralH3648 grow warm and tender, be or grow hot

Hosea 11:9

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I will notלֹ֤אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
executeאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙’e·‘ĕ·śehVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH6213 do, make
the full furyחֲר֣וֹןḥă·rō·wnNoun - masculine singular constructH2740 (burning of) anger
of My angerאַפִּ֔י’ap·pîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH639 nostril, nose, face, anger
I will notלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
destroyלְשַׁחֵ֣תlə·ša·ḥêṯPreposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructH7843 go to ruin (?)
Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם’ep̄·rā·yimNoun - proper - masculine singularH669 Ephraim
againאָשׁ֖וּב’ā·šūḇVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH7725 turn back, return
Forכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
Iאָֽנֹכִי֙’ā·nō·ḵîPronoun - first person common singularH595 I
am Godאֵ֤ל’êlNoun - masculine singularH410 god
and notוְלֹא־wə·lō-Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
manאִ֔ישׁ’îšNoun - masculine singularH376 man
the Holyקָד֔וֹשׁqā·ḏō·wōšAdjective - masculine singularH6918 sacred, holy
One among youבְּקִרְבְּךָ֣bə·qir·bə·ḵāPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH7130 inward part, midst
and I will notוְלֹ֥אwə·lōConjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
comeאָב֖וֹא’ā·ḇō·wVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
in wrathבְּעִֽיר׃bə·‘îrPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singularH5892 excitement

Cross-references

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Hosea 11:8 Jeremiah 31:20 · Hosea 6:4 · Matthew 23:37 · Deuteronomy 32:36 · Deuteronomy 29:23 · Jude 1:7 · 2 Samuel 24:16 · Amos 4:11 · Genesis 19:24–25 · 2 Kings 13:23 · Genesis 14:8 · 2 Peter 2:6

Hosea 11:9 Numbers 23:19 · Micah 7:18–20 · Isaiah 55:8–9 · Isaiah 12:6 · Jeremiah 30:11 · Malachi 3:6 · Ezekiel 37:27–28 · Romans 11:28–29 · Zephaniah 3:15–17 · Hosea 14:4 · Jeremiah 31:1–3 · Exodus 32:10–14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.