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He will notלֹאreturnיָשׁוּבto the landאֶל אֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםbut Assyria,וְאַשּׁוּרheהוּאwill be his king,מַלְכּוֹbecauseכִּיthey refusedמֵאֲנוּto return.לָשׁוּב
Hosea 11:5
Study it in the app“He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria, he will be his king, because they refused to return.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 11:5, word by word
- returnיָשׁוּבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears- to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- but Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- will be his kingמַלְכּmalk
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malk” appears- they refusedמֵאֲנוּmeanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” 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
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And the sword will whirl in his cities, and it will finish off his bars, and devour them because of their counsels.