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Whereאֱהִיis your kingמַלְכְּךָnow,אֵפוֹאthat he may save youוְיוֹשִׁיעֲךָin allבְּכָלyour cities?עָרֶיךָAnd your judges,וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָof whomאֲשֶׁרyou said,אָמַרְתָּ“Giveתְּנָהmeלִּיa kingמֶלֶךְand princes”?וְשָׂרִים
Hosea 13:10
Study it in the app“Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 13:10, word by word
- Whereאֱהִיehi
where?
"Where?": a question word asking for the place of someone or something.
Where else “ehi” appears- is your kingמַלְכְּmalk
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malk” appears- nowאֵפוֹאefo
then
Then; so, now.
Where else “efo” appears- that he may save youיוֹשִׁיעֲyoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yoshia” appears- your citiesעָרֶיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- And your judgesשֹׁפְטֶיshofte
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shofte” appears- you saidאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- “Giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- and princesשָׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears
The context
9It has destroyed you, Israel, that you are against me, against your help.
10 · This verse (above)
11I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.