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But Iוְאָנֹכִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםand a godוֵאלֹהִיםbesides meזוּלָתִיyou do notלֹאknow,תֵדָעand there is noוּ אַיִןsaviorמוֹשִׁיעַexcept me.בִּלְתִּי
Hosea 13:4
Study it in the app“But 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 13:4, word by word
- am 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- besides meזוּלָתִzulati
except, besides
Except, besides.
Where else “zulati” appears- knowתֵדָעteda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appears- saviorמוֹשִׁיעַmoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “moshia” 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
3Therefore they will be like a morning cloud, and like the dew that goes away early, like chaff that is swept by the storm from the threshing floor, and like smoke from a window.
4 · This verse (above)
5I knew you in the wilderness, in a land of droughts.