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Hosea 6:4

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Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.	O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.	Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

O Ephraim^H669, what shall I do^H6213 unto thee? O Judah^H3063, what shall I do^H6213 unto thee? for your goodness^H2617 is as a morning^H1242 cloud^H6051, and as the early^H7925 dew^H2919 it goeth away^H1980.

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Original Hebrew

מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ אֶפְרַיִם מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ יְהוּדָה וְחַסְדְּכֶם כַּעֲנַן־בֹּקֶר וְכַטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מָ֤ה	mah	H4100	HTi	what?
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה	'e.'e.seh-	H6213	HVqi1cs	will I do
לְּ/ךָ֙	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	to/ you
אֶפְרַ֔יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	H669	HNp	O Ephraim
מָ֥ה	mah	H4100	HTi	what?
אֶעֱשֶׂה	'e.'e.seh-	H6213	HVqi1cs	will I do
לְּ/ךָ֖	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	to/ you
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	O Judah
וְ/חַסְדְּ/כֶם֙	ve./chas.de./Khem	H2617	HC/Ncmsc/Sp2mp	and/ loyalty/ your
כַּֽ/עֲנַן	ka./'a.nan-	H6051	HR/Ncmsc	(is) like/ a cloud of
בֹּ֔קֶר	Bo.ker	H1242	HNcmsa	(the) morning
וְ/כַ/טַּ֖ל	ve./kha./Tal	H2919	HC/Rd/Ncmsa	and/ like (the)/ dew
מַשְׁכִּ֥ים	mash.Kim	H7925	HVhrmsa	rising early
הֹלֵֽךְ	ho.Lekh	H1980	HVqrmsa	going

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

Strong's References

• H669 — אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim): dual of masculine form of אֶפְרָת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.
• H1242 — בֹּקֶר (bôqer, bo'-ker): from בָּקַר; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning; ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
• H2919 — טַל (ṭal, tal): from טָלַל; dew (as covering vegetation); dew.
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H6051 — עָנָן (ʻânân, aw-nawn'): from עָנַן; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud; cloud(-y).
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H7925 — שָׁכַם (shâkam, shaw-kam'): a primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from שְׁכֶם; literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning; (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.

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

• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

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