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“Come,לְכוּand let us returnוְנָשׁוּבָהto YHWH;אֶל יְהוָהforכִּיheהוּאhas torn,טָרָףand he will heal us;וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּhe has struck,יַךְand he will bind us up.וְיַחְבְּשֵׁנוּ
Hosea 6:1
Study it in the app““Come, and let us return to YHWH; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind us up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 6:1, word by word
- “Comeלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- and let us returnנָשׁוּבָהnashuva
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “nashuva” appears- to 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- has tornטָרָףtaraf
tear
To tear prey apart with claws and teeth, as a wild beast does.
Where else “taraf” appears- and he will heal usיִרְפָּאֵyirpae
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yirpae” appears- he has struckיַךְyach
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “yach” appears- and he will bind us upיַחְבְּשֵׁyachbshe
bandage
To wrap a wound or broken bone with bandages so it heals.
Where else “yachbshe” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.