Hosea 14:8:7Hos.14.8.W7TABWLC Hosea 14:9
וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֙נּוּ֙
vaashurenu
“and I watched him”
- Transliteration
- va-a-shu-RE-nu
- Extended
- vah-ah-shoo-REH-nnoo
- IPA
- /va.ʔă.ʃuːˈrɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I watched him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-shu-RE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI a-NI-ti va-a-shu-RE-nu
- clause
a-NI a-NI-ti va-a-shu-RE-nu a-NI kiv-ROSH ra-a-NAN mim-me-NI PER-ye-kha nim-tSA
- sentence
e-fra-YIM MA-li OD la-a-tsa-BIM a-NI a-NI-ti va-a-shu-RE-nu a-NI kiv-ROSH ra-a-NAN mim-me-NI PER-ye-kha nim-tSA
Exegesis
vaashurennu {וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ | wa·ʾă·šū·ren·nû} juxtaposes completed action with ongoing intention (“I have answered” followed by “and I will look upon him”), portraying attentive commitment. The simile ani …
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Vav–Resh
“to look, gaze”
In context — Hosea 14:8
Ephraim: What remains for me with idols ? I have answered him and will look upon him; I am like a green cypress. From Me your fruit is found.
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Hosea 14:8, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֙נּוּ֙ (vaashurenu) 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.14.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.8.W7.S1) and character.