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And it will happenוְהָיָהon that day,בַיּוֹם הַהוּאdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהthat you will call meתִּקְרְאִי“My husband,”אִישִׁיand you will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדcallתִקְרְאִיmeלִי“My Baal.”בַּעְלִי
Hosea 2:16
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day, declares YHWH, that you will call me “My husband,” and you will no longer call me “My Baal.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 2:16, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- 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- that you will call meתִּקְרְאִיtikri
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “tikri” appears- “My husbandאִישִׁishi
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ishi” appears- “My Baalבַּעְלִbali
my Baal, my master
"Baali": "my Baal", "my master"; a way a wife could call her husband.
Where else “bali” appears
Translation note
“Baal” means “lord” or “owner”; it was also said of a husband, and it was the name of the Canaanite god.
The context
15And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope; and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as on the day she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 · This verse (above)
17And I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they will no longer be remembered by their name.