Text -- Hosea 13:11 (NET)

13:11 I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Hos 13:11

¹ tn The prefix-conjugation verb אֶתֶּן (’eten, “I gave”) refers to past-time action, specifying a definite past event (the enthronement of Saul); therefore, this should be classified as a preterite. While imperfects are occasionally used in reference to past-time events, they depict repeated action in the past. See IBHS 502-4 §31.2 and 510-14 §31.6.