translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: HOS

label: NET study note

text: In Hosea the name “Ephraim” does not refer to the tribe, but to the region of Mount Ephraim where the royal residence of Samaria was located. It functions as a synecdoche of location (Mount Ephraim) for its inhabitants (the king of Samaria; e.g., 5:13; 8:8, 10 ).


text: Beginning with 13:16 , the verse numbers through 14:9 in the English Bible differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text ( BHS ), with 13:16 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:1 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:9 ET = 14:10 HT. Thus ch. in the Hebrew Bible has 10 verses.