King James Version
Hosea 2:1 in the King James Version says “Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Ammi: that is, My people Ruhamah: that is, Having obtaine...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Ammi: that is, My people Ruhamah: that is, Having obtained mercy”
Hosea 2:1 · KJV
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Ammi: that is, My people Ruhamah: that is, Having obtained mercy
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“ye unto your brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“Ammi”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and to your sisters”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
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