Hebrew Interlinear

Hosea 9:3 Interlinear

They shall not dwell land in the LORD'S shall return but Ephraim to Egypt things in Assyria unclean and they shall eat

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
2יֵשְׁב֖וּH3427They shall not dwellproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
3בְּאֶ֣רֶץH776landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
4יְהוָ֑הH3068in the LORD'S(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
5וְשָׁ֤בH7725shall returnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
6אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙H669but Ephraimephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
7מִצְרַ֔יִםH4714to Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
8וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּרH804things in Assyriaashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
9טָמֵ֥אH2931uncleanfoul in a religious sense
10יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃H398and they shall eatto eat (literally or figuratively)

Verse Context

Hosea 9:2The floor and the winepress shall not feed them and the new wine shall fail...
Hosea 9:3 (current) They shall not dwell land in the LORD'S shall return but Ephraim to Egypt things in Assyria unclean and they shall eat
Hosea 9:4 They shall not offer of the LORD wine neither shall they be pleasing...

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