King James Version
Hosea 11:1 in the King James Version says “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.”
Hosea 11:1 · KJV
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“was a child”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“When Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“him and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“my son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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