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Forכִּיmanyרַבִּיםdaysיָמִיםthe childrenבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill stayיֵשְׁבוּwith noאֵיןkingמֶלֶךְand noוְאֵיןprince,שָׂרand noוְאֵיןsacrificeזֶבַחand noוְאֵיןstanding stone,מַצֵּבָהand noוְאֵיןephodאֵפוֹדor teraphim.וּתְרָפִים
Hosea 3:4
Study it in the app“For many days the children of Israel will stay with no king and no prince, and no sacrifice and no standing stone, and no ephod or teraphim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 3:4, word by word
- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the childrenבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- will stayיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- princeשָׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- standing stoneמַצֵּבָהmatseva
standing stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matseva” appears- ephodאֵפוֹדefod
ephod
Ephod: a garment of the high priest, like a vest or apron, worn over the robe (Exodus 28:6-14). In other passages, an object used in worship.
Where else “efod” appears- or teraphimתְרָפִיםterafim
household gods
Teraphim: images of gods kept in the home. The Bible counts them among idols (1 Samuel 15:23; Zechariah 10:2).
Where else “terafim” appears
Translation note
“Teraphim”: images of household gods.
The context
3And I said to her: Many days you will stay for me; you will not prostitute yourself, and you will not belong to any man; and I too will be toward you.
4 · This verse (above)
5Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek YHWH their Elohim and David their king, and they will come trembling to YHWH and to his goodness in the end of days.