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Hosea 7:11 Interlinear

“ Ephraim dove also is like a silly without heart to Egypt they call to Assyria they go”

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Hosea 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֣י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	אֶפְרַ֔יִם	H669	Ephraim	ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
3	כְּיוֹנָ֥ה	H3123	dove	a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
4	פוֹתָ֖ה	H6601	also is like a silly	to open, i.e., be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way)
5	אֵ֣ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
6	לֵ֑ב	H3820	without heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
7	מִצְרַ֥יִם	H4714	to Egypt	mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
8	קָרָ֖אוּ	H7121	they call	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
9	אַשּׁ֥וּר	H804	to Assyria	ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
10	הָלָֽכוּ׃	H1980	they go	to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Hosea 7:11 (current) Ephraim dove also is like a silly without heart to Egypt they call to Assyria they go