Hosea 4:16

← Hosea 4:15	Hosea 4:16 (KJV)	Hosea 4:17 →
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.	For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.	Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For Israel^H3478 slideth back^H5637 as a backsliding^H5637 heifer^H6510: now the LORD^H3068 will feed^H7462 them as a lamb^H3532 in a large place^H4800.

Original Hebrew

כִּי כְּפָרָה סֹרֵרָה סָרַר יִשְׂרָאֵל עַתָּה יִרְעֵם יְהוָה כְּכֶבֶשׂ בַּמֶּרְחָב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֚י	ki	H3588	HC	for
כְּ/פָרָ֣ה	ke./fa.Rah	H6510	HR/Ncfsa	like/ a heifer
סֹֽרֵרָ֔ה	so.re.Rah	H5637	HVqrfsa	stubborn
סָרַ֖ר	sa.Rar	H5637	HVqp3ms	it is stubborn
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
עַתָּה֙	'a.Tah	H6258	HD	now
יִרְעֵ֣/ם	yir.'E/m	H7462	HVqi3ms/Sp3mp	he will pasture/ them
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
כְּ/כֶ֖בֶשׂ	ke./Khe.ves	H3532	HR/Ncmsa	like/ a lamb
בַּ/מֶּרְחָֽב	ba./mer.Chav	H4800	HRd/Ncmsa	in (the)/ roomy place

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
H3532 — כֶּבֶשׂ (kebes, keh-bes'): from an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram (just old enough to butt); lamb, sheep.
H4800 — מֶרְחָב (merchâb, mer-khawb'): from רָחַב; enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty); breadth, large place (room).
H5637 — סָרַר (çârar, saw-rar'): a primitive root; to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory; [idiom] away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.
H6510 — פָּרָה (pârâh, paw-raw'): feminine of פַּר; a heifer; cow, heifer, kine.
H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

as a lamb — Leviticus 26:33, Isaiah 7:21-25, Isaiah 22:18
slideth — 1 Samuel 15:11, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 3:11, Jeremiah 5:6, Jeremiah 7:24, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 14:7, Hosea 11:7, Zechariah 7:11

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