And YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him:אֵלָיCallו קְרָאhis nameשְׁמוֹJezreel,יִזְרְעֶאלforכִּיin justעוֹדa little whileמְעַטI will callוּפָקַדְתִּיthe houseבֵּיתof Jehuיֵהוּאto accountעַלfor the bloodאֶת דְּמֵיof Jezreel,יִזְרְעֶאלand I will put an endוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיto the kingdomמַמְלְכוּתof the houseבֵּיתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Hosea 1:4
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to him: Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will call the house of Jehu to account for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 1:4, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Callקְרָאkera
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “kera” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears- a little whileמְעַטmeat
almost
A short while, or very nearly: barely, by a little.
Where else “meat” appears- I will callפָקַדְתִּיfakadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “fakadti” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Jehuיֵהוּאyehu
Jehu
Jehu: a name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).
Where else “yehu” appears- for the bloodדְּמֵיdeme
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “deme” appears- and I will put an endהִשְׁבַּתִּיhishbati
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbati” appears- to the kingdomמַמְלְכוּתmamlchut
kingdom
Kingdom: the territory and the rule of a king.
Where else “mamlchut” 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
Translation note
“Jezreel” means “El sows”; it is also the city where Jehu shed blood (2 Kings 9–10).
Places in this verse
Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
3So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 · This verse (above)
5And it will happen on that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.