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And I will removeוַהֲסִרֹתִיthe namesשְׁמוֹתof the Baalsהַבְּעָלִיםfrom her mouth,מִפִּיהָand they will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדbe rememberedיִזָּכְרוּby their name.בִּשְׁמָם
Hosea 2:17
Study it in the app“And I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they will no longer be remembered by their name.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 2:17, word by word
- And I will removeהֲסִרֹתִיhasiroti
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiroti” appears- the namesשְׁמוֹתshemot
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appears- of the Baalsבְּעָלִיםbealim
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “bealim” appears- from her mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- be rememberedיִזָּכְרוּyizachru
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “yizachru” appears
The context
16And it will happen on that day, declares YHWH, that you will call me “My husband,” and you will no longer call me “My Baal.”
17 · This verse (above)
18And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and bow and sword and war I will break from the land, and I will make them lie down in safety.