Word Study · Strong's H8566 · Hebrew
תָּנָה
tanah
taw-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tânâh
“to present (a mercenary inducement), i.e. bargain with (a harlot)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to present (a mercenary inducement), i.e. bargain with (a harlot)
Rendered in the KJV as
hire.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הִתְנ֥וּ1
- יִתְנ֥וּ1
How it is rendered · 2
- they have hired1
- they will hire1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVhp3cp · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 8:9הִתְנ֥וּhitnuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.here: they have hired
- Hosea 8:10יִתְנ֥וּyitnuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThough they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.here: they will hire
Same headword in Strong's