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Hosea 1 relates how Hosea has three children, a son called Jezreel, a daughter Lo-Ruhamah and another son Lo-Ammi. All the names are described in the text as having symbolic meaning, reflecting the relationship between God and Israel. Jezreel is named after the valley of that name. Lo-Ruhamah is named to denote the ruined condition of the ...
The three verses, consisting of Hosea 1:10, 11 and continued to 2:1, reverse the negative meanings of the children's names and apply them to the nation of Israel. [23] The Masoretic Text numbers the verses as 2:1-3.
The Book of Hosea ( Biblical Hebrew: סֵפֶר הוֹשֵׁעַ, romanized: Sēfer Hōšēaʿ) is collected as one of the twelve minor prophets of the Nevi'im ("Prophets") in the Tanakh, and as a book in its own right in the Christian Old Testament. According to the traditional order of most Hebrew Bibles, it is the first of the Twelve.
The name Hosea (meaning 'salvation', 'he saves' or 'he helps'), seems to have been common, being derived from a related verb meaning salvation.Numbers 13:16 states that Hosea was the original name of Joshua, son of Nun until Moses gave him the longer, theophoric name Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ) incorporating an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton.
The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve") (Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), occasionally Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament.
The name James, which means "supplanter," is a current favorite for both baby boys and girls. Anthony is an English form of the Roman name Antonius. It means “priceless one” or “highly ...
The Nevi'im are divided into two groups. The Former Prophets ( Hebrew : נביאים ראשונים Nevi'im Rishonim ) consists of the narrative books of Joshua , Judges , Samuel and Kings ; while the Latter Prophets ( Hebrew : נביאים אחרונים Nevi'im Akharonim ) include the books of Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , and the Twelve ...
Hoshea ( Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, Hōšēaʿ, "salvation"; Akkadian: 𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 A'úsiʾ [ a-ú-si-ʾ ]; Latin: Osee) was the nineteenth and last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah (not the Israelite king Elah ). William F. Albright dated his reign to 732–721 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BCE. [ 1]