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Hosea 1:2

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
Hosea 1:2
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבֶּר־יְהוָ֖ה בְּהוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לֵ֣ךְ קַח־לְךָ֞ אֵ֤שֶׁת זְנוּנִים֙ וְיַלְדֵ֣י זְנוּנִ֔ים כִּֽי־זָנֹ֤ה תִזְנֶה֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ מֵֽאַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃

  1. תְּחִלַּ֥תte.chi.Lat“[the] beginning”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from תְּחִלָּה · “beginning” · Strong's H8462
  2. דִּבֶּר־di.ber-“<of> [when] he spoke”
    Verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from דָבַר · “speak” · Strong's H1696G
  3. יְהוָ֖הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  4. בְּהוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פbe.ho.She.a'“by Hosea”
    Preposition + Noun, proper name of a man · from הוֹשֵׁעַ · “Hosea” · Strong's H1954J
  5. וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  6. יְהוָ֜הYah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  7. אֶל־'el-“to”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  8. הוֹשֵׁ֗עַho.She.a'“Hosea”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from הוֹשֵׁעַ · “Hosea” · Strong's H1954J
  9. לֵ֣ךְlekh“go”
    Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from הָלַךְ · “went” · Strong's H1980G
  10. קַח־kach-“take”
    Verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from לָקַח · “marry” · Strong's H3947I
  11. לְךָ֞le.Kha“for yourself”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from Os2m · “you” · Strong's H9031
  12. אֵ֤שֶׁת'E.shet“a wife of”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from אִשָּׁה · “wife” · Strong's H0802H
  13. זְנוּנִים֙ze.nu.Nim“prostitution<s>”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from זְנוּנִים · “fornication” · Strong's H2183
  14. וְיַלְדֵ֣יve.yal.Dei“and children of”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from יֶ֫לֶד · “youth” · Strong's H3206
  15. זְנוּנִ֔יםze.nu.Nim“prostitution<s>”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from זְנוּנִים · “fornication” · Strong's H2183
  16. כִּֽי־ki-“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  17. זָנֹ֤הza.Noh“continually <prostitute itself>”
    Verb, qal, infinitive absolute, absolute · from זָנָה · “to fornicate” · Strong's H2181
  18. תִזְנֶה֙tiz.Neh“it prostitutes itself”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from זָנָה · “to fornicate” · Strong's H2181
  19. הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retz“the land”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶ֫רֶץ · “country; planet” · Strong's H0776G
  20. מֵֽאַחֲרֵ֖יme.'a.cha.Rei“from after”
    Preposition + Adjective, cardinal number, masculine, plural, construct · from אַחַר · “after” · Strong's H0310A
  21. יְהוָֽה׃Yah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)