Thereforeלָכֵןthey will beיִהְיוּlike a morningכַּ בֹּקֶרcloud,עֲנַןand like the dewוְכַטַּלthat goes awayהֹלֵךְearly,מַשְׁכִּיםlike chaffכְּמֹץthat is swept by the stormיְסֹעֵרfrom the threshing floor,מִגֹּרֶןand like smokeוּכְעָשָׁןfrom a window.מֵאֲרֻבָּה
Hosea 13:3
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Hosea 13:3, word by word
- they will beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- like a morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- cloudעֲנַןanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears- and like the dewטַּלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears- that goes awayהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- earlyמַשְׁכִּיםmashkim
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “mashkim” appears- like chaffמֹץmots
chaff
Chaff: the husk of grain, which the wind carries away at winnowing.
Where else “mots” appears- that is swept by the stormיְסֹעֵרyesoer
storm, be agitated
Be stirred violently, like the sea or the wind in a storm. It is also said of a person greatly troubled within: in 2 Kings 6:11 "the heart of the king of Aram was stormy." From the same root comes "storm."
Where else “yesoer” appears- from the threshing floorגֹּרֶןgoren
threshing floor
Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.
Where else “goren” appears- and like smokeעָשָׁןashan
smoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appears- from a windowאֲרֻבָּהaruba
window
An opening in a house wall through which light and air come in.
Where else “aruba” appears
The context
2And now they keep sinning, and they have made for themselves a cast image from their silver, idols according to their understanding, the work of craftsmen, all of it; to them they say, “Those who sacrifice human beings, let them kiss calves.”
3 · This verse (above)
4But I am YHWH your Elohim from the land of Egypt; and a god besides me you do not know, and there is no savior except me.