Hosea 14:4:1Hos.14.4.W1TABWLC Hosea 14:5
אֶרְפָּא֙
erepa
“I will heal”
- Transliteration
- e-re-PA
- Extended
- eh-reh-PAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛrˈpɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will heal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-re-PA
- clause
e-re-PA me-shu-va-TAM o-ha-VEM ne-da-VA
- sentence
e-re-PA me-shu-va-TAM o-ha-VEM ne-da-VA KI SHAV a-PI mi-me-NU
Exegesis
The opening verb erpa {אֶרְפָּא֙ | ʾer-pāʾ} ‘I will heal’ takes the direct object meshubotam {מְשֻׁבוֹתָ֔ם | mə-šu-vō-ṯām} ‘their backslidings,’ portraying covenant breach as a condition needing restoration.
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–pe–aleph
“to heal, restore”
In context — Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backslidings ; I will love them freely, because My anger has turned away from him.
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 14:4, so the Hebrew word אֶרְפָּא֙ (erepa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Hos.14.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.4.W1.S1) and character.