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And it will happenוְהָיָהon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthat I will breakוְשָׁבַרְתִּיthe bowאֶת קֶשֶׁתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלin the valleyבְּעֵמֶקof Jezreel.יִזְרְעֶאל
Hosea 1:5
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 1:5, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that I will breakשָׁבַרְתִּיshavarti
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavarti” appears- the bowקֶשֶׁתkeshet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” 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- in the valleyעֵמֶקemek
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appears- of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears
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
4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And he said to him: Call her name Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, but I will surely take them away.