O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
O Ephraim, what ſhall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, what ſhall I do vnto thee? For your || goodneſſe is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
אֶפְרַיִם , proper masculine noun, ʾefrayim — a son of Joseph, also his desc. and their territory (value 331)
H669,
אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim; dual of masculine form of H672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Ephraim, Ephraimites.Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh
the tribe, Ephraim
the mountain country of Ephraim
sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)
a city near Baal-hazor
a chief gate of Jerusalem
Used in 164 Verses, 19 Books 179  Occurrence Count
בֹּקֶר , masculine noun, boker — morn- ing (value 302)
H1242,
בֹּקֶר bôqer, bo'-ker; from H1239; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning:—(+) day, early, morning, morrow.morning, break of day
morning
of end of night
of coming of daylight
of coming of sunrise
of beginning of day
of bright joy after night of distress (fig.)
morrow, next day, next morning
Used in 189 Verses, 29 Books 200  Occurrence Count
הָלַךְ , verb, halakh — to go, come, walk (value 55)
H1980,
הָלַךְ hâlak, haw-lak'; akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):—(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.to go, walk, come
(Qal)
to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
(Piel)
to walk
to walk (fig.)
(Hithpael)
to traverse
to walk about
(Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk
Used in 470 Verses, 34 Books 498  Occurrence Count
חֶסֶד , masculine noun, hesed — goodness, kindness (value 72)
H2617,
חֶסֶד cheçed, kheh'-sed; from H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty:—favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.goodness, kindness, faithfulness
a reproach, shame
Used in 241 Verses, 28 Books 247  Occurrence Count
טַל , masculine noun, tal — night mist, dew (value 39)
H2919,
טַל ṭal, tal; from H2926; dew (as covering vegetation):—dew.Used in 30 Verses, 16 Books 31  Occurrence Count
יְהוּדָה , proper masculine noun, yəhuda — probably "praised", a son of Jacob, also his desc., the S. kingdom, also four Israelites (value 30)
H3063,
יְהוּדָה Yehûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'; from H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory:—Judah.Judah = "praised"
the son of Jacob by Leah
the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
a Levite in Ezra's time
an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
a priest in the time of Nehemiah
Used in 754 Verses, 33 Books 818  Occurrence Count
מָה , indefinite pronoun, interrogative pronoun, ma — what? how? anything (value 45)
H4100,
מָה mâh, maw; or מַה mah; or מָ mâ; or מַ ma; also מֶה meh; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses:—how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.interrogative pronoun
what, how, of what kind
(interrogative)
what?
of what kind
what? (rhetorical)
whatsoever, whatever, what
(adverb)
how, how now
why
how! (exclamation)
(with preposition)
wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
because of what?
the like of what?
how much?, how many?, how often?
for how long?
for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indefinite pronoun
anything, aught, what may
Used in 650 Verses, 37 Books 744  Occurrence Count
עָנָן , masculine noun, ʿanan — a cloud mass, cloud (value 170)
H6051,
עָנָן ʻânân, aw-nawn'; from H6049; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud:—cloud(-y).cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass
cloud-mass (of theophanic cloud)
cloud
Used in 80 Verses, 18 Books 87  Occurrence Count
עָשָׂה , verb, ʿasa — do, make (value 375)
H6213,
עָשָׂה ʻâsâh, aw-saw'; a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application:—accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.to do, fashion, accomplish, make
(Qal)
to do, work, make, produce
to do
to work
to deal (with)
to act, act with effect, effect
to make
to make
to produce
to prepare
to make (an offering)
to attend to, put in order
to observe, celebrate
to acquire (property)
to appoint, ordain, institute
to bring about
to use
to spend, pass
(Niphal)
to be done
to be made
to be produced
to be offered
to be observed
to be used
(Pual) to be made
(Piel) to press, squeeze
Used in 2285 Verses, 39 Books 2610  Occurrence Count
שָׁכַם , verb, shakham — to start or rise early (value 360)
H7925,
שָׁכַם shâkam, shaw-kam'; a primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from H7926; literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning:—(arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.to rise or start early
(Hiphil)
to rise early, make an early start
early (as adverb)
Used in 64 Verses, 17 Books 65  Occurrence Count
| Hosea 6:4Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מָ֤ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֖ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ כַּֽעֲנַן־בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֥ים הֹלֵֽךְ׃ |
| Verse #22172 (Ch. #868) — 14 words, 51 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| O Ephraim, |
H669ʾefrayim |
אֶפְרַיִם |
331 |
| what shall I do |
H6213ʿasa |
עָשָׂה |
375 |
| unto thee? O Judah, |
H3063yəhuda |
יְהוּדָה |
30 |
| what shall I do |
H6213ʿasa |
עָשָׂה |
375 |
| unto thee? for your goodness |
H2617hesed |
חֶסֶד |
72 |
| is as a morning |
H1242boker |
בֹּקֶר |
302 |
| cloud, |
H6051ʿanan |
עָנָן |
170 |
| and as the early |
H7925shakham |
שָׁכַם |
360 |
| dew |
H2919tal |
טַל |
39 |
| it goeth away. |
H1980halakh |
הָלַךְ |
55 |
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