King James Version

Hosea 14:5

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Hosea 14:6.

אֶהְיֶ֤הehyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to 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.כַטַּל֙khatalas dewטַלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as dew”, the ordinary formH2919dew (as covering vegetation)dew.לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לleyisraelto Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.יִפְרַ֖חyifrachflourishפָּרַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “flourish”, an unfinished actionH6524to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish[idiom] abroad, [idiom] abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑הkashoshanahas lilyשׁוּשַׁןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as lily”, the ordinary formH7799a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)lily, Shoshannim.וְיַ֥ךְveyakhand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and strike”, an unfinished actionH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.שָׁרָשָׁ֖יוsharashayvrootשֶׁרֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “root”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8328a root (literally or figuratively)bottom, deep, heel, root.כַּלְּבָנֽוֹןkalvanonas Lebanonלְבָנוֹןpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “as Lebanon”H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in PalestineLebanon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(14-6) I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Young’s Literal Translation

I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

World English Bible

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

Darby Translation

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Douay-Rheims

I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(14-6) I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔσομαι ὡς δρόσος τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, ἀνθήσει ὡς κρίνον, καὶ βαλεῖ τὰς ῥίζας αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ Λίβανος·