Study it in the app“And YHWH said to me: Go again, love a woman loved by a companion and an adulteress, like the love of YHWH for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”
And YHWH saidוַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָהto me:אֵלַיGoלֵךְagain,עוֹדloveאֱהַבa womanאִשָּׁהlovedאֲהֻבַתby a companionרֵעַand an adulteress,וּמְנָאָפֶתlike the loveכְּאַהֲבַתof YHWHיְהוָהfor the childrenבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthough theyוְהֵםturnפֹּנִיםto otherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֶל אֱלֹהִיםand loveוְאֹהֲבֵיraisinעֲנָבִיםcakes.אֲשִׁישֵׁי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsYHWH
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” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ehav” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “rea” appearscommit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “menaafet” appearslove
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahavat” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsturn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “ponim” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearsgrape
Grape.
Where else “anavim” appearsraisin cake
Cake of pressed raisins; a sweet eaten at feasts.
Where else “ashishe” appears1 · This verse (above)
2So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a lethech of barley.
