Hosea 14:2

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Hosea 14:2, word by word

Takeקְחוּkechu

fetch

To take someone along, or go and fetch something.

Where else “kechu” appears

wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devarim” appears

and returnשׁוּבוּshuvu

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

Where else “shuvu” appears

to 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

sayאִמְרוּimru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “imru” appears

“Take awayתִּשָּׂאtisa

forgive

To take away someone's sin, forgive.

Where else “tisa” appears

iniquityעָוֺןavon

iniquity

A serious wrong.

Where else “avon” appears

what is goodטוֹבtov

what is right

What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.

Where else “tov” appears

and we will payנְשַׁלְּמָהneshalma

repay

To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.

Where else “neshalma” appears

as bullsפָרִיםfarim

bull

Young bull, bullock.

Where else “farim” appears

our lipsשְׂפָתֵיsefate

lip

The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.

Where else “sefate” appears

Translation note

It can be understood as praise instead of sacrifices. With the same letters divided differently (“fruit,” פְּרִי, instead of “bulls,” פָרִים) it reads “the fruit of our lips” (compare Hebrews 13:15).

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