Hosea 14:4:3Hos.14.4.W3TABWLC Hosea 14:5
אֹהֲבֵ֖ם
ohavem
“I will love them”
- Transliteration
- o-ha-VEM
- Extended
- oh-hah-VEEM
- IPA
- /ʔoːhăˈveːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will love them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-ha-VEM
- 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 next predicate ohevem {אֹהֲבֵ֖ם | ʾō-hă-vēm} ‘loving them’ is a participle used verbally after a finite first-person verb; it continues the same divine subject and presents love as an ongoing disposition rather than a momentary act.
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 14:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Hosea 14:4, so the Hebrew word אֹהֲבֵ֖ם (ohavem) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.4.W3.S1) and character.