1 And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Then said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- unto me, Go H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
- yet, love H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- a woman H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- beloved H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- friend H7453 (רֵעַ) — an associate (more or less close)
- yet an adulteress H5003 (נָאַף) — to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
- according to the love H160 (אַהֲבָה)
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- toward the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- who look H6437 (פָּנָה) — to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
- to other H312 (אַחֵר) — properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
- gods H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- and love H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- flagons H809 (אֲשִׁישָׁה) — something closely pressed together, i.e. a cake of raisins or other comfits
- of wine H6025 (עֵנָב) — a grape
2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- So I bought H3739 (כָּרָה) — to purchase
- her to me for fifteen H2568 (חָמֵשׁ) — five
- her to me for fifteen H6240 (עָשָׂר) — ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
- of silver H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- an homer H2563 (חֹמֶר) — properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
- of barley H8184 (שְׂעֹרָה) — barley (as villose)
- and an half homer H3963 (לֶתֶךְ) — a measure for things dry
3 and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- unto her, Thou shalt abide H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- for me many H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- thou shalt not play the harlot H2181 (זָנָה) — to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish…
- and thou shalt not be H1961 (הָיָה) — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- shall abide H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- many H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- without a king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
- and without a prince H8269 (שַׂר) — a head person (of any rank or class)
- and without a sacrifice H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
- and without an image H4676 (מַצֵּבָה) — something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
- and without an ephod H646 (אֵפוֹד) — a girdle; specifically the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece; also generally, an image
- teraphim H8655 (תְּרָפִים) — Teraphim (singular or plural) a family idol
5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Afterward H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- shall the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- and seek H1245 (בָּקַשׁ) — to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- their God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- and David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
- their king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
- and shall fear H6342 (פָּחַד) — to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general
- and his goodness H2898 (טוּב) — good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
- in the latter H319 (אַחֲרִית) — the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
- days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…