Hosea 9:3

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria."

Word-by-Word Analysis

They shall not

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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in the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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but

אֶפְרַיִם

ʼEphrayim

H669

Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

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shall

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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to

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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and they shall

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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טָמֵא

ṭâmêʼ

H2930

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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in

אַשּׁוּר

ʼAshshûwr

H804

Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

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Key Terms in This Verse

Assyria H804

אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr

Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

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Ephraim H669

אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim

Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

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unclean H2930

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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return H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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dwell H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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Egypt H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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things H1697

דָּבָר dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Ezekiel 4:13 cross-reference

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

Hosea 8:13 cross-reference

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

Leviticus 25:23 cross-reference

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Jeremiah 2:7 cross-reference

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

Hosea 7:11 cross-reference

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Deuteronomy 28:63 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked...

1 Kings 9:7 cross-reference

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all...

Hosea 9:6 cross-reference

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacl...

2 Kings 17:6 cross-reference

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Joshua 23:15 cross-reference

Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off...

Daniel 1:8 cross-reference

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mig...

Jeremiah 16:18 cross-reference

And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

Deuteronomy 4:26 cross-reference

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shal...

Leviticus 20:22 cross-reference

Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

Hosea 11:11 cross-reference

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.

Hosea 11:5 cross-reference

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

Micah 2:10 cross-reference

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

Acts 10:14 cross-reference

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Deuteronomy 28:68 cross-reference

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen...

Leviticus 18:28 cross-reference

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

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