Hosea 11:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

Young's Literal Translation
How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

King James Bible
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

Hebrew
How
אֵ֞יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

can I give you up,
אֶתֶּנְךָ֣ (’et·ten·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

O Ephraim?
אֶפְרַ֗יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

How can I surrender you,
אֲמַגֶּנְךָ֙ (’ă·mag·gen·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4042: To shield, encompass with, to rescue, to hand safely over

O Israel?
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

How
אֵ֚יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

can I make
אֶתֶּנְךָ֣ (’et·ten·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you like Admah?
כְאַדְמָ֔ה (ḵə·’aḏ·māh)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 126: Admah -- a city near Sodom and Gomorrah

How can I treat
אֲשִֽׂימְךָ֖ (’ă·śî·mə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

you like Zeboiim?
כִּצְבֹאיִ֑ם (kiṣ·ḇō·yim)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6636: Zeboiim -- a place near Sodom

My heart
לִבִּ֔י (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

is turned
נֶהְפַּ֤ךְ (neh·paḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

within Me;
עָלַי֙ (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

My compassion
נִחוּמָֽי׃ (ni·ḥū·māy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5150: Comfort, compassion

is stirred!
נִכְמְר֥וּ (niḵ·mə·rū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3648: To intertwine, contract, to shrivel, to be deeply affected with passion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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