Hosea 11:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.”
מָשַׁךְ
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
עֹל
of a yoke
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עֹל
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
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לְחִי
jaws/ their
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לְחִי
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
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