Hosea

Hosea 6:4

4What shall I do with you, O Ephraima?

What shall I do with you, O Judah?

For your loyalty is like a morning mist,

like the early dew that vanishes.

Footnotes

  • a 6:4 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 10

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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Whatמָ֤הmāhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
shall I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־’e·‘ĕ·śeh-Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH6213 do, make
with youלְּךָ֙lə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular
O Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם’ep̄·ra·yimNoun - proper - masculine singularH669 Ephraim
Whatמָ֥הmāhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
shall I doאֶעֱשֶׂה־’e·‘ĕ·śeh-Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH6213 do, make
with youלְּךָ֖lə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular
O Judahיְהוּדָ֑הyə·hū·ḏāhNoun - proper - masculine singularH3063 Judah
For your loyaltyוְחַסְדְּכֶם֙wə·ḥas·də·ḵemConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine pluralH2617 goodness, kindness
is like a morningבֹּ֔קֶרbō·qerNoun - masculine singularH1242 morning
mistכַּֽעֲנַן־ka·‘ă·nan-Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH6051 cloud-mass, cloud
like the earlyמַשְׁכִּ֥יםmaš·kîmVerb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularH7925 start, rise, early
dewוְכַטַּ֖לwə·ḵaṭ·ṭalConjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2919 night-mist, dew
that vanishesהֹלֵֽךְ׃hō·lêḵVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Hosea 13:3 · Hosea 11:8 · Psalm 78:34–37 · Psalm 106:12–13 · 2 Peter 2:20–22 · Matthew 13:21 · Luke 13:7–9 · Luke 19:41–42

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.