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Hosea

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"She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!'

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"She will pursue to pursue, chase, persecute Verb H7291 וְרִדְּפָ֤ה ve·rid·de·fah
her lovers, to love Verb H157 מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙ me·'a·ha·vei·ha
but she will not overtake to reach, overtake Verb H5381 תַשִּׂ֣יג tas·sig
them; And she will seek to seek Verb H1245 וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם u·vik·sha·tam
them, but will not find to attain to, find Verb H4672 תִמְצָ֑א tim·tza;
[them]. Then she will say, to utter, say Verb H559 וְאָמְרָ֗ה ve·'a·me·rah
I will go to go, come, walk Verb H1980 אֵלְכָ֤ה e·le·chah
back to turn back, return Verb H7725 וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ ve·'a·shu·vah
to my first former, first, chief Adjective H7223 הָֽרִאשֹׁ֔ון ha·ri·sho·vn,
husband, man Noun H376 אִישִׁ֣י i·shi
For it was better pleasant, agreeable, good Adjective H2896 טֹ֥וב to·vv
for me then at that time Adverb H227 אָ֖ז az
than from H4480    
now!' now Adverb H6258 מֵעָֽתָּה׃ me·'at·tah.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!'
King James Bible "She will pursue And she shall follow after her lovers, but she will shall not overtake them; And and she will shall seek them, but will shall not find them. Then them: then shall she will say, 'I I will go back and return to my first husband, For it husband; for then was it better for with me then than now!'now.
Hebrew Greek English "She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!'