Hosea 2:7
She will follow after her lovers, but she won’t overtake them; and she will seek them, but won’t find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now.’This verse in the real world
In what words
- נָשַׂגnâsagto reach (literally or figuratively)
- רָדַףrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- רִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
- אָהַבʼâhabto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
- מָצָאmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or ac
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- יָלַךְyâlakto walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 2:2, Jer 14:22, Hos 5:13, Luk 15:17–20, Deu 8:17–18, Ezk 23:22, Ezk 23:4, Hos 13:6