Hosea 2:1-23
Hosea 2:2
Rebuke
רִ֤יבוּ (rî·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend
your mother,
בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (ḇə·’im·mə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 517: A mother, )
rebuke her.
רִ֔יבוּ (rî·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction
she
הִיא֙ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are
is not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no
My wife,
אִשְׁתִּ֔י (’iš·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female
and I
וְאָנֹכִ֖י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I
am not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no
her husband.
אִישָׁ֑הּ (’î·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person
Let her remove
וְתָסֵ֤ר (wə·ṯā·sêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside
the adultery
זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ (zə·nū·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2183: Adultery, idolatry
from her face
מִפָּנֶ֔יה (mip·pā·neh)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6440: The face
and the unfaithfulness
וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ (wə·na·’ă·p̄ū·p̄e·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5005: Adultery
from between
מִבֵּ֥ין (mib·bên)
Preposition-m
Strong's 996: An interval, space between
her breasts.
שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃ (šā·ḏe·hā)
Noun - mdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7699: The breast of a, woman, animal
Hosea 2:2
Rebuke
רִ֤יבוּ (rî·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend
your mother,
בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (ḇə·’im·mə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 517: A mother, )
rebuke her.
רִ֔יבוּ (rî·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction
she
הִיא֙ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are
is not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no
My wife,
אִשְׁתִּ֔י (’iš·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female
and I
וְאָנֹכִ֖י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I
am not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no
her husband.
אִישָׁ֑הּ (’î·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person
Let her remove
וְתָסֵ֤ר (wə·ṯā·sêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside
the adultery
זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ (zə·nū·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2183: Adultery, idolatry
from her face
מִפָּנֶ֔יה (mip·pā·neh)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6440: The face
and the unfaithfulness
וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ (wə·na·’ă·p̄ū·p̄e·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5005: Adultery
from between
מִבֵּ֥ין (mib·bên)
Preposition-m
Strong's 996: An interval, space between
her breasts.
שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃ (šā·ḏe·hā)
Noun - mdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7699: The breast of a, woman, animal
- So different from the first verse!
- Rebuke your mother!
- She is not my wife!
- And I am not her husband!
- She commits adultery!
- In fact, she is a prostitute!
- And she stays a prostitute!
- What a good comparison for Israel!