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They will notלֹאstayיֵשְׁבוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof YHWH,יְהוָהbut Ephraimוְ אֶפְרַיִםwill returnשָׁבto Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand in Assyriaוּבְאַשּׁוּרthey will eatיֹאכֵלוּunclean food.טָמֵא
Hosea 9:3
Study it in the app“They will not stay in the land of YHWH, but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat unclean food.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 9:3, word by word
- stayיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of 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- but 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- will returnשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and in Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- they will eatיֹאכֵלוּyochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochelu” appears- unclean foodטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” 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
2Threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail her.
3 · This verse (above)
4They will not pour out libations of wine to YHWH, and their sacrifices will not be pleasing to him; they will be like the bread of mourners to them; all who eat it will be defiled; for their bread will be for their soul; it will not come into the house of YHWH.