Hosea 1:10

“Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted; and it will happen that in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “Children of the living El.””
Hosea 1:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Yetוְthe numberמִסְפַּרof the childrenבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill beהָיָהlike the sandכְּחוֹלof the sea,הַיָּםwhichאֲשֶׁרcannotלֹאbe measuredיִמַּדorוְלֹאcounted;יִסָּפֵרand it will happenוְהָיָהthat in the placeבִּמְקוֹםwhereאֲשֶׁרit was saidיֵאָמֵרto them,לָהֶם“You areאַתֶּםnotלֹאmy people,”עַמִּיit will be saidיֵאָמֵרto them,לָהֶם“Childrenבְּנֵיof the livingחָיEl.”אֵל

Quotation · Romans 9:26

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Paul joins Hosea 1:10 to the previous quotation: “in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be called sons of the living God.”

Formula: ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Ὡσηὲ λέγει “as he says also in Hosea” (Romans 9:25)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς Οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς ἐκεῖ κληθήσονται υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהָיָה מִסְפַּר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחוֹל הַיָּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִמַּד וְלֹא יִסָּפֵר וְהָיָה בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יֵאָמֵר לָהֶם לֹא עַמִּי אַתֶּם יֵאָמֵר לָהֶם בְּנֵי אֵל חָי

Septuagint (Hosea 1:10 in the Septuagint numbering): Καὶ ἦν ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, ἣ οὐκ ἐκμετρηθήσεται οὐδὲ ἐξαριθμηθήσεται καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς Οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς, κληθήσονται καὶ αὐτοὶ υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 12 consecutive words: “καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς Οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hosea 1:10, word by word

the numberמִסְפַּרmispar

number

The amount that results from counting: how many there are.

Where else “mispar” appears

of the childrenבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears

of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears

will beהָיָהhaya

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears

like the sandחוֹלchol

sand

Sand.

Where else “chol” appears

of the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears

be measuredיִמַּדyimad

measure

To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.

Where else “yimad” appears

countedיִסָּפֵרyisafer

count

To number one by one in order to know how many there are.

Where else “yisafer” appears

that in the placeמְקוֹםmekom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “mekom” appears

it was saidיֵאָמֵרyeamer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yeamer” appears

my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears

of the livingחָיchay

alive

Having life, not dead.

Where else “chay” appears

Elאֵלel

El, God, god

"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".

Where else “el” appears

Translation note

In Hebrew, 1:10-11 are 2:1-2. Paul quotes this verse in Romans 9:26.

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Quotation · Romans 9:26

Paul joins Hosea 1:10 to the previous quotation: “in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be called sons of the living God.”

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Hosea 1:10

¹⁰Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted; and it will happen that in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “Children of the living El.”

Romans 9:26

²⁶And it will be that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be called sons of the living God.

The context

9And he said: Call his name Lo-ammi, for you are not my people, and I, I will not be yours.

10 · This verse (above)

11And the children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and they will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

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