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Iאֲנִיknew youיְדַעְתִּיךָin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרin a landבְּאֶרֶץof droughts.תַּלְאֻבוֹת
Hosea 13:5
Study it in the app“I knew you in the wilderness, in a land of droughts.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 13:5, word by word
- knew youיְדַעְתִּיyedati
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedati” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- in a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of droughtsתַּלְאֻבוֹתtaluvot
drought
Drought, dry and parched ground.
Where else “taluvot” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6According to their pasture, they were satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was exalted; therefore they forgot me.