Hosea

Hosea 9:3

³They will not remain

in the land of the LORD;

Ephraim^a will return to Egypt

and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Footnotes

a 9:3 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; similarly in verses 8, 11, 13, and 16

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They will not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
remain	יֵשְׁב֖וּ	yê·šə·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in the land	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
will return	וְשָׁ֤ב	wə·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
to Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
and eat	יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃	yō·ḵê·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
unclean food	טָמֵ֥א	ṭā·mê	Adjective - masculine singular	H2931 unclean
in Assyria	וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר	ū·ḇə·’aš·šūr	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H804 Asshur, Assyria

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