Hosea 14:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

Young's Literal Translation
O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I—I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: ‘I [am] as a green fir-tree,’ From Me is thy fruit found.

King James Bible
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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

what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have I to do
לִּ֥י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

anymore
ע֖וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

with idols?
לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים (lā·‘ă·ṣab·bîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6091: An, image

It is I
אֲנִ֧י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

who answer
עָנִ֣יתִי (‘ā·nî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

and watch over him.
וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ (wa·’ă·šū·ren·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7789: To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for

I [am] like
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

a green
רַֽעֲנָ֔ן (ra·‘ă·nān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7488: Verdant, new, prosperous

cypress tree;
כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ (kiḇ·rō·wōš)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1265: A cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument

your fruit
פֶּרְיְךָ֥ (per·yə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

comes
נִמְצָֽא׃ (nim·ṣā)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

from Me.
מִמֶּ֖נִּי (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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