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I will go away,אֵלֵךְI will returnאָשׁוּבָהto my place,אֶל מְקוֹמִיuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרthey acknowledge their guiltיֶאְשְׁמוּand seekוּבִקְשׁוּmy face;פָנָיin their distressבַּצַּר לָהֶםthey will seek me earnestly.יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי
Hosea 5:15
Study it in the app“I will go away, I will return to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will seek me earnestly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 5:15, word by word
- I will go awayאֵלֵךְelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appears- I will returnאָשׁוּבָהashuva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashuva” appears- to my placeמְקוֹמִmekomi
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomi” appears- they acknowledge their guiltיֶאְשְׁמוּyeshmu
be guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “yeshmu” appears- and seekבִקְשׁוּvikshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vikshu” appears- my faceפָנָfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears- in their distressצַּרtsar
distress
A tight situation from which one cannot escape.
Where else “tsar” appears- they will seek me earnestlyיְשַׁחֲרֻyeshacharu
seek early, seek diligently
To seek earnestly, from early on. It comes from the word "dawn": to rise early to look for something.
Where else “yeshacharu” appears
The context
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.
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