Hosea 3:2
Strong's Lexicon
So I bought her
וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ (wā·’ek·kə·re·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3739: 1)(Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy, bargain over

for fifteen [shekels]
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: 1) five 1a) five (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of five (with another number) 1c) fifth (ordinal number)

of silver
כָּ֑סֶף (kā·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents

and a homer
וְחֹ֥מֶר (wə·ḥō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2563: 1) cement, mortar, clay 1a) mortar, cement 1b) clay 1c) mire 2) heap 2a) swelling, surging (of water) 3) homer-a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)

and a lethek
וְלֵ֥תֶךְ (wə·lê·ṯeḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3963: 1) barley-measure 1a) uncertain measurement but thought to be half an homer-5 ephahs

שְׂעֹרִֽים׃ (śə·‘ō·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8184: 1) barley 1a) barley (of the plant) 1b) barley (of the meal or grain)

of barley.
שְׂעֹרִ֖ים (śə·‘ō·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8184: 1) barley 1a) barley (of the plant) 1b) barley (of the meal or grain)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Young's Literal Translation
And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley.

New American Standard Bible
So I bought her for myself for fifteen [shekels] of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

King James Bible
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley.

New Living Translation
So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.

English Standard Version
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

New American Standard Bible
So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

King James Bible
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley.

International Standard Version
So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.

NET Bible
So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.

American Standard Version
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

English Revised Version
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

Young's Literal Translation
And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;
















Cross References
Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Hosea 3:3
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

Hosea 1:1
The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea 3:1
Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Hosea 2:22
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Hosea 3:5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
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