Hebrew Interlinear
Hosea 6:4 Interlinear
“ what shall I do O Ephraim what shall I do unto thee O Judah unto thee for your goodness cloud is as a morning dew and as the early it goeth away”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מָ֤ה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 2 | אֶעֱשֶׂה | H6213 | what shall I do | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 3 | לְּךָ֙ | H0 | ||
| 4 | אֶפְרַ֔יִם | H669 | O Ephraim | ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory |
| 5 | מָ֥ה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 6 | אֶעֱשֶׂה | H6213 | what shall I do | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 7 | לְּךָ֖ | H0 | ||
| 8 | יְהוּדָ֑ה | H3063 | unto thee O Judah | jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory |
| 9 | וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ | H2617 | unto thee for your goodness | kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty |
| 10 | כַּֽעֲנַן | H6051 | cloud | a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud |
| 11 | בֹּ֔קֶר | H1242 | is as a morning | properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning |
| 12 | וְכַטַּ֖ל | H2919 | dew | dew (as covering vegetation) |
| 13 | מַשְׁכִּ֥ים | H7925 | and as the early | literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning |
| 14 | הֹלֵֽךְ׃ | H1980 | it goeth away | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
Verse Context
Hosea 6:3Then shall we know if we follow Then shall we know the LORD as the morning...
Hosea 6:4 (current) what shall I do O Ephraim what shall I do unto thee O Judah unto thee for your goodness cloud is as a morning dew and as the early it goeth away
Hosea 6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets I have slain them by the words...