Study it in the app“And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound; and Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Jareb; but he cannot heal you, and he will not cure you of your wound.”
And Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםsawוַיַּרְאhis sickness,חָלְיוֹand Judahוִיהוּדָהhis wound;מְזֹרוֹand Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםwentוַיֵּלֶךְto Assyria,אֶל אַשּׁוּרand sentוַיִּשְׁלַחto Kingאֶל מֶלֶךְJareb;יָרֵבbut heוְהוּאcannotלֹא יוּכַלhealלִרְפֹּאyou,לָכֶםand he will notוְלֹאcureיִגְהֶהyouמִכֶּםof your wound.מָזוֹר
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearssickness
Sickness, disease; also suffering.
Where else “chaly” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appearssore, wound
A sore, a wound that is bandaged.
Where else “mezor” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJareb
"Jareb": "he contends"; a name or title for the king of Assyria to whom Israel turned for help.
Where else “yarev” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appearsheal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “repo” appearsheal
To heal, cure a wound.
Where else “yighe” appears“Jareb”: means “he contends” (Strong); BDB gives it as an epithet of the king of Assyria.
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
12And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah.
13 · This verse (above)
14For I will be like a fierce lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah; I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there will be no one to rescue.
