Study it in the app“How can I give you up, Ephraim, hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah, set you like Zeboiim? My heart has turned within me; together my compassions are kindled.”
Howאֵיךְcan I give you up,אֶתֶּנְךָEphraim,אֶפְרַיִםhand you over,אֲמַגֶּנְךָIsrael?יִשְׂרָאֵלHowאֵיךְcan I make youאֶתֶּנְךָlike Admah,כְאַדְמָהset youאֲשִׂימְךָlike Zeboiim?כִּצְבֹאיִםMy heartלִבִּיhas turnedנֶהְפַּךְwithin me;עָלַיtogetherיַחַדmy compassionsנִחוּמָיare kindled.נִכְמְרוּ
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsEphraim
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” appearsdeliver over; shield
Deliver over, hand someone over into another's power; also give, and shield.
Where else “amagen” appearsIsrael
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.
Where else “yisrael” appearsAdmah
Admah, a town near Sodom.
Where else “adma” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asim” appearsZeboiim
Zeboiim, a town near Sodom.
Where else “tsevoyim” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearsturn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “nehpach” appearstogether
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appearscomfort
Comfort, consolation.
Where else “nichuma” appearsbe stirred, grow warm
Be deeply moved, grow warm with emotion.
Where else “nichmru” appearsAdmah and Zeboiim were destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah (Deuteronomy 29:23).
7And my people are hung up on their turning away from me; and to the height they call him, but together he does not exalt them.
8 · This verse (above)
9I will not carry out the burning of my anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am El, and not a man, in your midst the Holy One; and I will not come into the city.
