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And Iוְאָנֹכִיtaught Ephraim to walk,תִרְגַּלְתִּי לְאֶפְרַיִםtaking themקָחָםby their arms;עַל זְרוֹעֹתָיוbut they did notוְלֹאknowיָדְעוּthatכִּיI healed them.רְפָאתִים
Hosea 11:3
Study it in the app“And I taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by their arms; but they did not know that I healed them.”
God remembers teaching Israel to walk, taking them by the armsWho God IsGod as a father teaching his child to walk, drawing him with cords of loveLove
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 11:3, word by word
- taught Ephraim to walkתִרְגַּלְתִּיtirgalti
teach to walk
To teach to walk, lead a child by the hand as it learns to walk.
Where else “tirgalti” appears- taught Ephraim to walkאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
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- taking themקָחָkaach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kaach” appears- by their armsזְרוֹעֹתָיzerootay
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zerootay” appears- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- I healed themרְפָאתִיrefati
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “refati” appears
The context
2They called to them; so they went from before them; to the Baals they sacrificed, and to the carved images they burned incense.
3 · This verse (above)
4With cords of humankind I drew them, with ropes of love; and I was to them like those who lift the yoke from their jaws; and I bent down to him and fed him.