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Ephraim:אֶפְרַיִם“Whatמַהhave Iלִּיto do any longerעוֹדwith idols?”לָעֲצַבִּיםIאֲנִיanswerעָנִיתִיand watch over him;וַאֲשׁוּרֶנּוּIאֲנִיam like a cypressכִּבְרוֹשׁthat is green;רַעֲנָןfrom meמִמֶּנִּיyour fruitפֶּרְיְךָis found.נִמְצָא
Hosea 14:8
Study it in the app“Ephraim: “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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 14:8, word by word
- Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- with idolsעֲצַבִּיםatsabim
idol
Idol: an image made by human hands that is worshiped. The word comes from "shape", and it sounds like the word for "pain".
Where else “atsabim” appears- answerעָנִיתִיaniti
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “aniti” appears- and watch over himאֲשׁוּרֶashure
watch over
To fix one's eyes on someone carefully, as one who tends to him.
Where else “ashure” appears- am like a cypressבְרוֹשׁverosh
cypress
Cypress (or a similar tree with good wood); also what is made from that wood: spears or musical instruments.
Where else “verosh” appears- that is greenרַעֲנָןraanan
green, leafy
Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.
Where else “raanan” appears- your fruitפֶּרְיְpery
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “pery” appears- is foundנִמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears
The context
7Those 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Who is wise, and let him understand these things? Who is discerning, and let him know them? For the ways of YHWH are upright, and the righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.