Hebrew Interlinear

Hosea 11:4 Interlinear

“them with cords of a man I drew with bands of love and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws meat”

Test your knowledge of this chapter

Hosea 11 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בְּחַבְלֵ֨י	H2256	them with cords	ruin
2	אָדָ֤ם	H120	of a man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
3	אֶמְשְׁכֵם֙	H4900	I drew	to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
4	בַּעֲבֹת֣וֹת	H5688	with bands	something intwined, i.e., a string, wreath or foliage
5	אַהֲבָ֔ה	H160	of love	love
6	וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7	לָהֶ֛ם	H0
8	כִּמְרִ֥ימֵי	H7311	and I was to them as they that take off	to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
9	עֹ֖ל	H5923	the yoke	a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
10	עַ֣ל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11	לְחֵיהֶ֑ם	H3895	on their jaws	the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
12	וְאַ֥ט	H328		(as an adverb) gently
13	אֵלָ֖יו	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
14	אוֹכִֽיל׃	H398	meat	to eat (literally or figuratively)

Hosea 11:4 (current)them with cords of a man I drew with bands of love and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws meat