Hosea 2:3

“or else I will strip her naked and set her out as on the day she was born, and make her like the wilderness, and leave her like a land that is dry, and kill her with thirst.”

Hosea 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Hosea 2:3, word by word

I will strip herאַפְשִׁיטֶafshite

strip

To take off clothes, or strip another.

Where else “afshite” appears
nakedעֲרֻמָּהaruma

naked

Naked.

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and set her outהִצַּגְתִּיhitsagti

set, place

Set, place, leave in position.

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as on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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she was bornהִוָּלְדָhivalda

be born

To come into the world, to begin to live.

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and make herשַׂמְתִּיsamti

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

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like the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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and leave herשַׁתִּshati

make

To turn someone into something.

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like a landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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that is dryצִיָּהtsiya

drought, dry land

Dryness; dry land, desert.

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and kill herהֲמִתִּיhamiti

kill

To kill someone.

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with thirstצָּמָאtsama

thirst

Thirst.

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The context

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;

3 · This verse (above)

4And on her children I will not have compassion, for they are children of prostitutions.

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