King James Version

Hosea 2:3

Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Hosea 2:5.

פֶּןpenthat...notפֵּןconjunction — “that...not”H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest(lest) (peradventure), that...not.אַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּהafshitenahflayפָּשַׁטverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “flay”, an unfinished actionH6584to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).עֲרֻמָּ֔הarumahnakedעָרוֹםadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “naked”, the ordinary formH6174nude, either partially or totallynaked.וְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָvehitsagtihaand establishיָצַגconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and establish”, a completed action in a sequenceH3322to place permanentlyestablish, leave, make, present, put, set, stay.כְּי֖וֹםkeyomas as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a 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…הִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhivaledahbearיָלַדverb, niphal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָvesamtihaand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כַמִּדְבָּ֗רkhamidbaras desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.וְשַׁתִּ֨הָ֙veshatihaand applyשִׁיתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and apply”, a completed action in a sequenceH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.כְּאֶ֣רֶץkeeretsas earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.צִיָּ֔הtsiyahbarrenצִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “barren”, the ordinary formH6723aridity; concretely, a desertbarren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.וַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָvahamitihaand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and die”, a completed action in a sequenceH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…בַּצָּמָֽאbatsamain thirstצָמָאpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in thirst”, the ordinary formH6772thirst (literally or figuratively)thirst(-y).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(2-5) Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

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American Standard Version (1901)

lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as [in] the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.

World English Bible

lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.

Darby Translation

lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

Douay-Rheims

Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born: and I will make her as a wilderness, and will set her as a land that none can pass through, and will kill her with drought.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(2-5) Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὅπως ἂν ἐκδύσω αὐτὴν γυμνὴν, καὶ ἀποκαταστήσω αὐτὴν καθὼς ἡμέρα γενέσεως αὐτῆς· καὶ θήσω αὐτὴν ἔρημον, καὶ τάξω αὐτὴν ὡς γῆν ἄνυδρον, καὶ ἀποκτενῶ αὐτὴν ἐν δίψει.