Hosea 10:6

“It too will be carried to Assyria, a tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his counsel.”

Hosea 10:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Hosea 10:6, word by word

will be carriedיוּבָלyuval

bring, lead

To bring, to lead; sometimes in a procession, with solemnity.

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to Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur

Assyria, Asshur

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a tributeמִנְחָהmincha

tribute

What a conquered people must pay the king who rules them.

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to Kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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Jarebיָרֵבyarev

Jareb

"Jareb": "he contends"; a name or title for the king of Assyria to whom Israel turned for help.

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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".

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will receiveיִקָּחyikach

accept

To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.

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shameבָּשְׁנָהbashna

shame

Shame, shameful thing.

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and 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.

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will be ashamedיֵבוֹשׁyevosh

be disappointed

To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.

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of his counselעֲצָתatsat

plan

What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.

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Places in this verse

Assyria
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Assyria

    Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)

    An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.

    Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).

    2 Kings 17:6Isaiah 10:5Hosea 11:52 Chronicles 33:11

The context

5For the calves of Beth-aven the inhabitants of Samaria will be afraid; for its people will mourn over it, and its pagan priests who rejoiced over it, over its glory, because it has gone into exile from it.

6 · This verse (above)

7Samaria is destroyed; her king is like foam on the face of the waters.

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