King James Version
Hosea 11:3 in the King James Version says “I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.”
Hosea 11:3 · 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.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. take off: Heb. lift up
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
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“Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“them by their arms”
H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“but they knew”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“not that I healed”
H7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure
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