King James Version

Hosea 1:5

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

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וְהָיָ֖הvehayahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בַּיּ֣וֹםbayomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הַה֑וּאhahuthe as for herהוּאdefinite article, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “the as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙veshavartiand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and break”, a completed action in a sequenceH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).קֶ֣שֶׁתqeshetbowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “bow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בְּעֵ֖מֶקbeemeqin valeעֵמֶקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in vale”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6010a vale (i.e. broad depression)dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025 (בֵּית הָעֵמֶק).יִזְרְעֶֽאלyizreelJezreelיִזְרְעֵאלnoun, proper name — “Jezreel”H3157Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two IsraelitesJezreel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

Young’s Literal Translation

and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.'

World English Bible

It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

Darby Translation

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel.

Douay-Rheims

And in that day I will break in pieces the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrahel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it shall be, in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, συντρίψω τὸ τόξον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν κοιλάδι τοῦ Ἰεζραέλ.