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They will come tremblingיֶחֶרְדוּlike a birdכְצִפּוֹרfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרַיִםand like a doveוּכְיוֹנָהfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Assyria;אַשּׁוּרand I will settle themוְהוֹשַׁבְתִּיםinעַלtheir houses,בָּתֵּיהֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Hosea 11:11
Study it in the app“They will come trembling like a bird from Egypt, and like a dove from the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses, declares YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 11:11, word by word
- They will come tremblingיֶחֶרְדוּyecherdu
tremble
To shudder with fear, with surprise or before God's presence.
Where else “yecherdu” appears- like a birdצִפּוֹרtsipor
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and like a doveיוֹנָהyona
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- and I will settle themהוֹשַׁבְתִּיhoshavti
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “hoshavti” appears- their housesבָּתֵּיbate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bate” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Assyria
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).
The context
10After YHWH they will walk; like a lion he will roar; when he roars, children will come trembling from the west.
11 · This verse (above)
12Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still roams with El, and with the Holy One he is faithful.