Hosea 14:5

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon."

Word-by-Word Analysis

I will be as the

טַל

ṭal

H2919

dew (as covering vegetation)

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unto

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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he shall

צָמַח

tsâmach

H6779

to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

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as the

שׁוּשַׁן

shûwshan

H7799

a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)

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and

שָׁלַךְ

shâlak

H7993

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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יָצָא

yâtsâʼ

H3318

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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his

שֶׁרֶשׁ

sheresh

H8328

a root (literally or figuratively)

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as

לְבָנוֹן

Lᵉbânôwn

H3844

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

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Key Terms in This Verse

lily H7799

שׁוּשַׁן shûwshan

a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)

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roots H8328

שֶׁרֶשׁ sheresh

a root (literally or figuratively)

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dew H2919

טַל ṭal

dew (as covering vegetation)

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grow H6779

צָמַח tsâmach

to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

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Lebanon H3844

לְבָנוֹן Lᵉbânôwn

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

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cast H7993

שָׁלַךְ shâlak

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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forth H3318

יָצָא yâtsâʼ

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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Israel H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:2 cross-reference

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the exce...

Isaiah 27:6 cross-reference

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Ephesians 3:17 cross-reference

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Job 29:19 cross-reference

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Matthew 6:28 cross-reference

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Isaiah 26:19 cross-reference

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isaiah 44:3 cross-reference

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Micah 5:7 cross-reference

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

2 Kings 19:30 cross-reference

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Deuteronomy 32:2 cross-reference

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

2 Samuel 23:4 cross-reference

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

Psalm 72:6 cross-reference

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Psalm 72:16 cross-reference

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Song of Solomon 4:5 cross-reference

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Isaiah 18:4 cross-reference

For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Proverbs 19:12 cross-reference

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Luke 12:27 cross-reference

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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