Hosea 1:6

“And 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.”

Hosea 1:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Allusion · 1 Peter 2:10

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Both texts play on “not my people” and “not shown mercy,” names of Hosea’s children, who become “people” and “shown mercy” again.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • לֹאloH3818λαὸςlaosG2992“Lo-ammi (not my people)”
  • אֲרַחֵםarajemH7355ἠλεημένοιēleēmenoiG1653“have mercy”

Hosea 1:6, word by word

And she conceivedתַּהַרtahar

conceive

Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.

Where else “tahar” appears
and boreתֵּלֶדteled

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

Where else “teled” appears
a daughterבַּתbat

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “bat” appears
And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

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

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Callקְרָאkera

name

To give someone a name.

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her nameשְׁמָshema

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shema” appears
Lo-ruhamahלֹאlo

Lo-ruhamah

"Lo-ruhamah": "Not shown compassion"; the name given to Hosea's daughter, a sign that YHWH would no longer have compassion on Israel.

Where else “lo” appears
longerאוֹסִיףosif

do again

To do again what had already been done.

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have compassionאֲרַחֵםarachem

have compassion

To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.

Where else “arachem” appears
on the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “bet” 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
I will surely takeנָשֹׂאnaso

take

To get something; with "a wife", to marry.

Where else “naso” appears

Translation note

“I will surely take [them] away” can also be understood as “I will surely forgive them” (with the negation before it: “nor will I forgive them”).

The context

5And it will happen on that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

6 · This verse (above)

7But on the house of Judah I will have compassion, and I will save them by YHWH their Elohim; and I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war, by horses or by horsemen.

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