Original Language Studio
Hosea 1:7
“But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H853 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- Derivation
- apparent contracted from H226 (אוֹת) in the demonstrative sense of entity;
- KJV renderings
- (as such unrepresented in English).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אֶת — particle (direct object marker)
- Usage
- Occurs 10,979 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:16
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֵת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.