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title: הוֹשֵׁעַ — Hosea · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הוֹשֵׁעַ (1954), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Hosea. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הוֹשֵׁעַ

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«הוֹשֵׁעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hosea** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 1954 · **BDB:** הוֹשֵׁעַ²

### Glosses

Hoshea (13); Hosea (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hosea [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1954/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1954/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (salvation; on form, cf. הַשְׁמֵד, הַמְשֵׁל; on pronunciation v. HptZA ii, 261 Anm. 2 JägerBAS i, 468)— orig. name of Joshua according to Nu 13:8, 16 (P), 𝔊 Αυση, cf. Dt 32:44 (J; prob. error, v. Dr), 𝔊 Ιησους, v. יְהוֹשׁוּעַ p. 221 supr. last king of Israel 2 K 15:30; 17:1, 3, 4, 6; 18:1, 9, 10, 𝔊 Ωσηε. the prophet Hosea Ho 1:1, 2(×2), 𝔊 Ωσηε. an Ephraimite chief under David 1 Ch 27:20, 𝔊 Ωση(ε). a chief under Nehemiah Ne 10:24, 𝔊 Ωσηθα, Ωσηε.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הוֹשֵׁעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1954/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.24/)

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הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ חֲנַנְיָ֖ה חַשּֽׁוּב׃

*Word for word:* Hoshea Hananiah Hasshub

*JPS 1917:* Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub;

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[Numbers 13:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.8/)

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לְמַטֵּ֥ה אֶפְרָ֖יִם הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Ephraim Hoshea the.son of.Nun

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.

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