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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1מָ֤הH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2אֶעֱשֶׂהH6213what shall I doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
3לְּךָ֙H0
4אֶפְרַ֔יִםH669O Ephraimephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
5מָ֥הH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
6אֶעֱשֶׂהH6213what shall I doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
7לְּךָ֖H0
8יְהוּדָ֑הH3063unto thee O Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
9וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙H2617unto thee for your goodnesskindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
10כַּֽעֲנַןH6051clouda cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud
11בֹּ֔קֶרH1242is as a morningproperly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
12וְכַטַּ֖לH2919dewdew (as covering vegetation)
13מַשְׁכִּ֥יםH7925and as the earlyliterally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning
14הֹלֵֽךְ׃H1980it goeth awayto 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...

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