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And Ephraimוַ אֶפְרַיִםhas becomeיְהִיlike a dove,כְּיוֹנָהsimple,פוֹתָהwithoutאֵיןheart;לֵבto Egyptמִצְרַיִםthey call,קָרָאוּto Assyriaאַשּׁוּרthey go.הָלָכוּ
Hosea 7:11
Study it in the app“And Ephraim has become like a dove, simple, without heart; to Egypt they call, to Assyria they go.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:11, word by word
- And 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- has becomeיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- like a doveיוֹנָהyona
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appears- simpleפוֹתָהfota
be simple
To be naive, easy to fool.
Where else “fota” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- they callקָרָאוּkarau
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “karau” appears- to Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- they goהָלָכוּhalachu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachu” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Assyria
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).
The context
10And the pride of Israel testifies to his face; and they have not returned to YHWH their Elohim, and they have not sought him in all this.
11 · This verse (above)
12As they go, I will spread my net over them; like the birds of the heavens I will bring them down; I will discipline them according to the report to their community.