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1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

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Hebrew interlinear — Hosea 11:1–12 (137 words)
1
  1. כִּ֛יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. נַ֥עַרnaʿarna`ar: (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescenceH5288
  3. יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
  4. וָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּwāʾōhăbēhûahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  5. וּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםûmimmiṣrayimMitsrayim: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptH4714
  6. קָרָ֥אתִיqārāʾtîqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  7. לִבְנִֽי׃libnîben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
2
  1. קָרְא֖וּqorʾûqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  2. לָהֶ֑םlāhem
  3. כֵּ֚ןkēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
  4. הָלְכ֣וּholkûhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  5. מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔םmippĕnêhempaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  6. לַבְּעָלִ֣יםlabbĕʿālîmBa`al: Baal, a Phoenician deityH1168
  7. יְזַבֵּ֔חוּyĕzabbēḥûzabach: to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)H2076
  8. וְלַפְּסִלִ֖יםwĕlappĕsilîmpciyl: an idolH6456
  9. יְקַטֵּרֽוּן׃yĕqaṭṭērûnqatar: to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)H6999
3
  1. וְאָנֹכִ֤יwĕʾānōkîanokiy: IH595
  2. תִרְגַּ֙לְתִּי֙tirgaltiytirgal: to cause to walkH8637
  3. לְאֶפְרַ֔יִםlĕʾeprayimEphrayim: double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of JosephH669
  4. קָחָ֖םqāḥāmlaqach: to take (in the widest variety of applications)H3947
  5. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יוzĕrôʿōtāywzrowa`: the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the forelegH2220
  7. וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יָדְע֖וּyodʿûyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  9. כִּ֥יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  10. רְפָאתִֽים׃rĕpāʾtîmrapha': (properly) to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cureH7495
4
  1. בְּחַבְלֵ֨יbĕḥablêchebel: a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring lineH2256
  2. אָדָ֤םʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  3. אֶמְשְׁכֵם֙ʾemšĕkēmmashak: to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march...H4900
  4. בַּעֲבֹת֣וֹתbaʿăbōtôt`aboth: something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliageH5688
  5. אַהֲבָ֔הʾahăbâahabah: loveH160
  6. וָאֶהְיֶ֥הwāʾehyehayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  7. לָהֶ֛םlāhem
  8. כִּמְרִ֥ימֵיkimrîmêruwm: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)H7311
  9. עֹ֖לʿōl`ol: a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figurativelyH5923
  10. עַ֣לʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  11. לְחֵיהֶ֑םlĕḥêhemlchiy: the cheek (from its fleshiness); (hence) the jaw-boneH3895
  12. וְאַ֥טwĕʾaṭat: (as a noun) a necromancer (from their soft incantations), (as an adverb) gentlyH328
  13. אֵלָ֖יוʾēlāywel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  14. אוֹכִֽיל׃ʾôkîlakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
5
  1. לֹ֤אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. יָשׁוּב֙yāšûbshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  3. אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  4. אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  5. מִצְרַ֔יִםmiṣrayimMitsrayim: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptH4714
  6. וְאַשּׁ֖וּרwĕʾaššûrAshshuwr: Ashshur, the second son of ShemH804
  7. ה֣וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  8. מַלְכּ֑וֹmalkômelek: a kingH4428
  9. כִּ֥יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  10. מֵאֲנ֖וּmēʾănûma'en: to refuseH3985
  11. לָשֽׁוּב׃lāšûbshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
6
  1. וְחָלָ֥הwĕḥālâchuwl: (properly) to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain...H2342
  2. חֶ֙רֶב֙ḥerebchereb: drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementH2719
  3. בְּעָרָ֔יוbĕʿārāyw`iyr: a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)H5892
  4. וְכִלְּתָ֥הwĕkillĕtâkalah: to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)H3615
  5. בַדָּ֖יוbaddāywbad: (properly) separation; (by implication) a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carryingH905
  6. וְאָכָ֑לָהwĕʾākālâakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  7. מִֽמֹּעֲצ֖וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃mimmōʿăṣôtêhemmow`etsah: a purposeH4156
7
  1. וְעַמִּ֥יwĕʿammî`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  2. תְלוּאִ֖יםtĕlûʾîmtala': to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertainH8511
  3. לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑יlimšûbātîmshuwbah: apostasyH4878
  4. וְאֶלwĕʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  5. עַל֙ʿal`al: (properly) the top; (specifically) the highest (i.e. God)H5920
  6. יִקְרָאֻ֔הוּyiqrāʾuhûqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  7. יַ֖חַדyaḥadyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
  8. לֹ֥אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. יְרוֹמֵם׃yĕrômēmruwm: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)H7311
8
  1. אֵ֞יךְʾêkeyk: how? or how!; (also) where?H349
  2. אֶתֶּנְךָ֣ʾettenkānathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  3. אֶפְרַ֗יִםʾeprayimEphrayim: double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of JosephH669
  4. אֲמַגֶּנְךָ֙ʾămaggenkāmagan: (properly) to shield; encompass withH4042
  5. יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
  6. אֵ֚יךְʾêkeyk: how? or how!; (also) where?H349
  7. אֶתֶּנְךָ֣ʾettenkānathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  8. כְאַדְמָ֔הkĕʾadmâAdmah: earthy; Admah, a place near the Dead SeaH126
  9. אֲשִֽׂימְךָ֖ʾăśîmĕkāsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  10. כִּצְבֹאיִ֑םkiṣbōʾyimTsbo'iym: gazelles; Tseboim or Tsebijim, a place in IsraelH6636
  11. נֶהְפַּ֤ךְnehpakhaphak: to turn about or over; (by implication) to change, overturn, return, pervertH2015
  12. עָלַי֙ʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  13. לִבִּ֔יlibbîleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  14. יַ֖חַדyaḥadyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
  15. נִכְמְר֥וּnikmĕrûkamar: (properly) to intertwine or contract; (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat)H3648
  16. נִחוּמָֽי׃niḥûmāynichuwm: (properly) consoled; abstractly, solaceH5150
9
  1. לֹ֤אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. אֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ʾeʿĕśeh`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  3. חֲר֣וֹןḥărôncharown: a burning of angerH2740
  4. אַפִּ֔יʾappîaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
  5. לֹ֥אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. אָשׁ֖וּבʾāšûbshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  7. לְשַׁחֵ֣תlĕšaḥētshachath: to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)H7843
  8. אֶפְרָ֑יִםʾeprāyimEphrayim: double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of JosephH669
  9. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  10. אֵ֤לʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
  11. אָֽנֹכִי֙ʾānōkiyanokiy: IH595
  12. וְלֹאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  13. אִ֔ישׁʾîšenowsh: (properly) a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120)H582
  14. בְּקִרְבְּךָ֣bĕqirbĕkāqereb: (properly) the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with...H7130
  15. קָד֔וֹשׁqādôšqadowsh: sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) GodH6918
  16. וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  17. אָב֖וֹאʾābôʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  18. בְּעִֽיר׃bĕʿîr`iyr: a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)H5892
10
  1. אַחֲרֵ֧יʾaḥărêachar: (properly) the hind part; (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses)H310
  2. יְהוָ֛הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. יֵלְכ֖וּyēlĕkûhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  4. כְּאַרְיֵ֣הkĕʾaryēariy: a lionH738
  5. יִשְׁאָ֑גyišʾāgsha'ag: to rumble or moanH7580
  6. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  7. ה֣וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  8. יִשְׁאַ֔גyišʾagsha'ag: to rumble or moanH7580
  9. וְיֶחֶרְד֥וּwĕyeḥerdûcharad: to shudder with terror; (hence) to fearH2729
  10. בָנִ֖יםbānîmben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  11. מִיָּֽם׃miyyāmyam: a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of waterH3220
11
  1. יֶחֶרְד֤וּyeḥerdûcharad: to shudder with terror; (hence) to fearH2729
  2. כְצִפּוֹר֙kĕṣippôrtsippowr: a little bird (as hopping)H6833
  3. מִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmimmiṣrayimMitsrayim: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptH4714
  4. וּכְיוֹנָ֖הûkĕyônâyownah: a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)H3123
  5. מֵאֶ֣רֶץmēʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  6. אַשּׁ֑וּרʾaššûrAshshuwr: Ashshur, the second son of ShemH804
  7. וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּ֥יםwĕhôšabtîmyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  8. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  9. בָּתֵּיהֶ֖םbottêhembayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  10. נְאֻםnĕʾumn'um: an oracleH5002
  11. יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
12
  1. סְבָבֻ֤נִיsĕbābunîcabab: to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)H5437
  2. בְכַ֙חַשׁ֙bĕkaḥaškachash: (literally) a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciationH3585
  3. אֶפְרַ֔יִםʾeprayimEphrayim: double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of JosephH669
  4. וּבְמִרְמָ֖הûbĕmirmâmirmah: fraudH4820
  5. בֵּ֣יתbêtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  6. יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
  7. וִֽיהוּדָ֗הwîhûdâYhuwdah: celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five IsraelitesH3063
  8. עֹ֥דʿōd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
  9. רָד֙rādruwd: to tramp about, i.e. ramble (free or disconsolate)H7300
  10. עִםʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  11. אֵ֔לʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
  12. וְעִםwĕʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  13. קְדוֹשִׁ֖יםqĕdôšîmqadowsh: sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) GodH6918
  14. נֶאֱמָֽן׃neʾĕmānaman: (properly) to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurseH539

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Strong's words in Hosea 11 (6)
Strong's H669 — לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם (lĕʾeprayim)
Ephrayim (ef-rah'-yim) n/p. 1. double fruit 2. Ephrajim, a son of Joseph 3. (also) the tribe descended from him, and its territory [dual of masculine form of H672] KJV: Ephraim, Ephraimites. Root(s): H672. Appears 4 times in Hosea 11.
Strong's H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiśrāʾēl)
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') n/p. 1. he will rule as God 2. Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob 3. (typically) of his posterity [from H8280 and H410] KJV: Israel. Root(s): H8280, H410. Appears 3 times in Hosea 11.
Strong's H4714 — וּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִם (ûmimmiṣrayim)
Mitsrayim (mits-rah'-yim) adj. 1. Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt [dual of H4693] KJV: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. Root(s): H4693. Appears 3 times in Hosea 11.
Strong's H7121 — קָרָ֥אתִי (qārāʾtî)
qara' (kaw-raw') v. 1. to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) [a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)] KJV: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say. Root(s): H7122. Appears 3 times in Hosea 11.
Strong's H7725 — יָשׁוּב֙ (yāšûb)
shuwb (shoob) v. 1. to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point) 2. (generally) to retreat 3. (often adverbially) again [a primitive root] KJV: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.. Appears 3 times in Hosea 11.
Strong's H1004 — בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם (bottêhem)
bayith (bah'-yith) n-m. 1. a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) [probably from H1129 abbreviated] KJV: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out). Root(s): H1129. Appears 2 times in Hosea 11.

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