Afterwardאַחַרthe childrenבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill returnיָשֻׁבוּand seekוּבִקְשׁוּYHWHיְהוָהtheir Elohimאֱלֹהֵיהֶםand Davidוְאֵת דָּוִדtheir king,מַלְכָּםand they will come tremblingוּפָחֲדוּto YHWHאֶל יְהוָהand to his goodnessוְאֶל טוּבוֹin the endבְּאַחֲרִיתof days.הַיָּמִים
Hosea 3:5
Study it in the app“Afterward 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 3:5, word by word
- 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 returnיָשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- and seekבִקְשׁוּvikshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vikshu” 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- their Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- their kingמַלְכָּmalka
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malka” appears- and they will come tremblingפָחֲדוּfachadu
tremble in reverence
To tremble in reverence before YHWH and his words.
Where else “fachadu” appears- and to his goodnessטוּבtuv
goodness
What is good in a person, shown in how he treats others, like God's character.
Where else “tuv” appears- in the endאַחֲרִיתacharit
future
The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.
Where else “acharit” appears- of daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
4For 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.
5 · This verse (above)