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IאֲנִיknowיָדַעְתִּיEphraim,אֶפְרַיִםand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלis notלֹאhiddenנִכְחַדfrom me;מִמֶּנִּיforכִּיnowעַתָּהyou have prostituted yourself,הִזְנֵיתָEphraim;אֶפְרַיִםIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלis defiled.נִטְמָא
Hosea 5:3
Study it in the app“I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now you have prostituted yourself, Ephraim; Israel is defiled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 5:3, word by word
- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadati” appears- Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
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” appears- and 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- hiddenנִכְחַדnichchad
hide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “nichchad” appears- you have prostituted yourselfהִזְנֵיתָhizneta
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “hizneta” appears- is defiledנִטְמָאnitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “nitma” appears
The context
2And in slaughter the rebels have gone deep; but I am discipline for all of them.
3 · This verse (above)
4Their deeds do not allow them to return to their Elohim, for a spirit of prostitutions is in their midst, and YHWH they do not know.