Hosea 14:5

Hebrew	אֶרְפָּא֙ מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב אַפִּ֖י מִמֶּֽנּוּ
ESV	I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
NIV	I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
NLT	I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.
LXX	ἔσομαιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ὡς δρόσος τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Ισραηλ ἀνθήσει ὡς κρίνον καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” βαλεῖ τὰςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ῥίζας αὐτοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ὡς ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Λίβανος
KJV	I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

^{Hosea 14:4 ← Hosea 14:5 → Hosea 14:6}

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