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Sayאִמְרוּto your brothers,לַאֲחֵיכֶם“Ammi,”עַמִּיand to your sisters,וְלַאֲחוֹתֵיכֶם“Ruhamah.”רֻחָמָה
Hosea 2:1
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With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 2:1, word by word
- Sayאִמְרוּimru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “imru” appears- to your brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- “Ammiעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- and to your sistersאֲחוֹתֵיachote
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achote” appears- “Ruhamahרֻחָמָהruchama
have compassion
To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.
Where else “ruchama” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew, 2:1-23 are 2:3-25. “Ammi” means “My people”; “Ruhamah,” “Shown compassion.”
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Contend with your mother, contend, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; and let her remove her prostitutions from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;