Hos 2:3 | NET2full | STEP | Otherwise , I will strip her naked and expose her like she was when she was born . I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land , so that I might kill her with thirst .

‏ Hosea 2:3

3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked
and expose her like she was when she was born.
I will turn her land into a wilderness
and make her country a parched land,
so that I might kill ^{▼▼tn Heb “and kill her with thirst.” The vav prefixed to the verb (וַהֲמִתִּיהָ, vahamittiha) introduces a purpose/result clause: “in order to make her die of thirst” (purpose), or “and thus make her die of thirst” (result).} her with thirst.