Hebrew Interlinear

Hosea 2:3 Interlinear

Lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day that she was born and make her as a wilderness and set land her like a dry and slay her with thirst

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1פֶּןH6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
2אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּהH6584Lest I stripto spread out (i.e., deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e., unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
3עֲרֻמָּ֔הH6174her nakednude, either partially or totally
4וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָH3322and setto place permanently
5כְּי֖וֹםH3117her as in the daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
6הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּH3205that she was bornto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
7וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָH7760and maketo put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
8כַמִּדְבָּ֗רH4057her as a wildernessa pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
9וְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙H7896and setto place (in a very wide application)
10כְּאֶ֣רֶץH776landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
11צִיָּ֔הH6723her like a dryaridity; concretely, a desert
12וַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָH4191and slayto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
13בַּצָּמָֽא׃H6772her with thirstthirst (literally or figuratively)

Verse Context

Hosea 2:2Plead with your mother Plead ...
Hosea 2:3 (current) Lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day that she was born and make her as a wilderness and set land her like a dry and slay her with thirst
Hosea 2:4 for they be the children And I will not have mercy for they be the children...

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