Hosea 11:4
I shall draw them in the ropes of Adam, in the bonds of charity. And I shall be to them as he that enhanceth the yoke on the cheeks of them; and I bowed down to him that he should eat.This verse in the real world
In what words
- לְחִיlᵉchîythe cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
- עֲבֹתʻăbôthsomething intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
- אַהֲבָהʼahăbâh{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}
- עֹלʻôla yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
- מָשַׁךְmâshakto draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong,
- חֶבֶלchebela rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritanc
- רוּםrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- נָטָהnâṭâhto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jhn 12:32, Lev 26:13, 2Co 5:14, Psa 78:23–25, Jer 31:2–3, Hos 2:8, 2Sa 7:14, Isa 63:9