And Ephraimוְאֶפְרַיִםis a trainedמְלֻמָּדָהheiferעֶגְלָהthat lovesאֹהַבְתִּיto thresh;לָדוּשׁbut Iוַאֲנִיwill passעָבַרְתִּיoverעַלthe beautyטוּבof her neck;צַוָּארָהּI will make Ephraim ride;אַרְכִּיב אֶפְרַיִםJudahיְהוּדָהwill plow;יַחֲרוֹשׁJacobיַעֲקֹבwill harrowיְשַׂדֶּדfor himself.לוֹ
Hosea 10:11
Study it in the app“And Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will pass over the beauty of her neck; I will make Ephraim ride; Judah will plow; Jacob will harrow for himself.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 10:11, word by word
- And Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- is a trainedמְלֻמָּדָהmelumada
learn
To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.
Where else “melumada” appears- heiferעֶגְלָהegla
heifer
A young cow.
Where else “egla” appears- that lovesאֹהַבְתִּיohavti
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohavti” appears- to threshדוּשׁdush
thresh, trample
Thresh: tread the grain to separate it from the straw; also to trample.
Where else “dush” appears- will passעָבַרְתִּיavarti
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarti” appears- the beautyטוּבtuv
goodness
What is good in a person, shown in how he treats others, like God's character.
Where else “tuv” appears- of her neckצַוָּארָtsavara
neck
Neck (Aramaic).
Where else “tsavara” appears- I will make Ephraim rideאַרְכִּיבarkiv
set on
To set someone on a mount.
Where else “arkiv” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- will plowיַחֲרוֹשׁyacharosh
plow
To drive the plow, opening furrows in the soil.
Where else “yacharosh” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- will harrowיְשַׂדֶּדyesaded
harrow
To harrow, to break up and level plowed ground.
Where else “yesaded” appears
The context
10When I desire, I will discipline them; and peoples will be gathered against them, when they are bound for their two iniquities.
11 · This verse (above)
12Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap according to loyal love; break up for yourselves the fallow ground; for it is time to seek YHWH, until he comes and teaches righteousness to you.