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Hosea 8:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H1992 they המה

H5927 are gone up עלו

H804 to Assyria אשׁור

H6501 a wild ass פרא

H909 alone בודד

H669 by himself Ephraim לו אפרים

H8566 hath hired התנו

H158 lovers אהבים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H1992 they

are

gone

H5927 up

H804 Assyria

wild

H6501 ass

H909 alone

himself

H669 Ephraim

hath

H8566 hired

H158 lovers

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H669

Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם

Transliteration: ʼEphrayim

Pronunciation: ef-rah'-yim

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Ephraim Ephraimites

Definition:

double fruit; {Ephrajim} a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory

Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"

1. second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh

2. the tribe, Ephraim

3. the mountain country of Ephraim

4. sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)

5. a city near Baal-hazor

6. a chief gate of Jerusalem

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906