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Those who dwellיֹשְׁבֵיin his shadeבְצִלּוֹwill return;יָשֻׁבוּthey will make the grain live,יְחַיּוּ דָגָןand they will blossomוְיִפְרְחוּlike the vine;כַגָּפֶןhis remembranceזִכְרוֹwill be like the wineכְּיֵיןof Lebanon.לְבָנוֹן
Hosea 14:7
Study it in the app“Those who dwell in his shade will return; they will make the grain live, and they will blossom like the vine; his remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 14:7, word by word
- Those who dwellיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- in his shadeצִלּtsil
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsil” appears- will returnיָשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- they will make the grain liveיְחַיּוּyechayu
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “yechayu” appears- they will make the grain liveדָגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- and they will blossomיִפְרְחוּyifrchu
blossom
To sprout, blossom; or prosper.
Where else “yifrchu” appears- like the vineגָּפֶןgafen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gafen” appears- his remembranceזִכְרzichr
remembrance, name
Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.
Where else “zichr” appears- will be like the wineיֵיןyen
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yen” appears- of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears
Translation note
“They will make the grain live”: it can also be understood “they will revive like the grain.”
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
6His shoots will spread out, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 · This verse (above)
8Ephraim: “What have I to do any longer with idols?” I answer and watch over him; I am like a cypress that is green; from me your fruit is found.