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And by a prophetוּבְנָבִיאYHWHיְהוָהbroughtהֶעֱלָהIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלup from Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִםand by a prophetוּבְנָבִיאhe was kept.נִשְׁמָר
Hosea 12:13
Study it in the app“And by a prophet YHWH brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 12:13, word by word
- And by a prophetנָבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” 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- broughtהֶעֱלָהheela
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- up from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- he was keptנִשְׁמָרnishmar
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “nishmar” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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).
The context
12And Jacob fled to the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 · This verse (above)
14Ephraim has provoked him to anger bitterly; and his blood he will leave on him, and his reproach his Lord will pay back to him.