Category Archives: Hosea

גַּם־אֹותֹו֙ לְאַשּׁ֣וּר יוּבָ֔ל מִנְחָ֖ה לְמֶ֣לֶךְ יָרֵ֑ב בָּשְׁנָה֙ אֶפְרַ֣יִם יִקָּ֔ח וְיֵבֹ֥ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵעֲצָתֹֽו׃ Also it shall be carried to Ashshur as a tribute for King Yarev; Efrayim shall receive shame, and Yisraʾel shall be ashamed of his counsel.   Morphology גַּם … Continue reading →

לְעֶגְלֹות֙ בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן יָג֖וּרוּ שְׁכַ֣ן שֹֽׁמְרֹ֑ון כִּי־אָבַ֨ל עָלָ֜יו עַמֹּ֗ו וּכְמָרָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יָגִ֔ילוּ עַל־כְּבֹודֹ֖ו כִּֽי־גָלָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ The inhabitants of Shomeron shall fear for the calves of Beth Awen; indeed, its people shall mourn over it, and its priests shall wail for … Continue reading →

דִּבְּר֣וּ דְבָרִ֔ים אָלֹ֥ות שָׁ֖וְא כָּרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֑ית וּפָרַ֤ח כָּרֹאשׁ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט עַ֖ל תַּלְמֵ֥י שָׂדָֽי׃ They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.   Morphology דִּבְּרוּ (dibberu) – Root: … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י עַתָּה֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ לָ֑נוּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָרֵ֨אנוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽנוּ׃ For now they shall say, “We have no king, for we did not fear YHWH; and the king, what could he do for us?”   Morphology כִּי (ki) … Continue reading →

חָלַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה יֶאְשָׁ֑מוּ ה֚וּא יַעֲרֹ֣ף מִזְבְּחֹותָ֔ם יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד מַצֵּבֹותָֽם׃ Their heart is divided; now they shall be found guilty. He shall break down their altars; He shall destroy their pillars.   Morphology חָלַק (ḥalaq) – Root: חלק (ḥalaq); Form: Qal … Continue reading →

גֶּ֤פֶן בֹּוקֵק֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל פְּרִ֖י יְשַׁוֶּה־לֹּ֑ו כְּרֹ֣ב לְפִרְיֹ֗ו הִרְבָּה֙ לַֽמִּזְבְּחֹ֔ות כְּטֹ֣וב לְאַרְצֹ֔ו הֵיטִ֖יבוּ מַצֵּבֹֽות׃ Yisraʾel is an emptying vine; he brings forth fruit for himself. According to the multitude of his fruit, he multiplied the altars; as his land prospered, they … Continue reading →

יִמְאָסֵ֣ם אֱלֹהַ֔י כִּ֛י לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ לֹ֑ו וְיִהְי֥וּ נֹדְדִ֖ים בַּגֹּויִֽם׃ ס My God will reject them, because they have not listened to Him, and they shall be wanderers among the nations.   Morphology יִמְאָסֵם (yimʾasem) – Root: מאס (maʾas); Form: Qal … Continue reading →

הֻכָּ֣ה אֶפְרַ֔יִם שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם יָבֵ֖שׁ פְּרִ֣י בְלִי־יַעֲשׂ֑וּן גַּ֚ם כִּ֣י יֵֽלֵד֔וּן וְהֵמַתִּ֖י מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י בִטְנָֽם׃ ס Efrayim is struck; their root is dried up, they shall produce no fruit. Even though they bear children, I will slay the precious ones of their womb. … Continue reading →

כָּל־רָעָתָ֤ם בַּגִּלְגָּל֙ כִּֽי־שָׁ֣ם שְׂנֵאתִ֔ים עַ֚ל רֹ֣עַ מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם מִבֵּיתִ֖י אֲגָרְשֵׁ֑ם לֹ֤א אֹוסֵף֙ אַהֲבָתָ֔ם כָּל־שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם סֹרְרִֽים׃ All their evil is in Gilgal, for there I hated them; because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them out of My house. … Continue reading →

תֵּן־לָהֶ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מַה־תִּתֵּ֑ן תֵּן־לָהֶם֙ רֶ֣חֶם מַשְׁכִּ֔יל וְשָׁדַ֖יִם צֹמְקִֽים׃ Give to them, O YHWH—what will You give? Give to them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.   Morphology תֵּן (ten) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Qal imperative masculine singular; Translation: “give”; … Continue reading →

אֶפְרַ֛יִם כַּאֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֥יתִי לְצֹ֖ור שְׁתוּלָ֣ה בְנָוֶ֑ה וְאֶפְרַ֕יִם לְהֹוצִ֥יא אֶל־הֹרֵ֖ג בָּנָֽיו׃ Efrayim, as I have seen, is planted like Tsor in a pleasant dwelling; but Efrayim shall bring out his children to the slayer.   Morphology אֶפְרַיִם (Ephrayim) – Root: אפרים (Ephrayim); … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י אִם־יְגַדְּלוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖ים מֵֽאָדָ֑ם כִּֽי־גַם־אֹ֥וי לָהֶ֖ם בְּשׂוּרִ֥י מֵהֶֽם׃ For though they raise their sons, I will bereave them of mankind; for indeed, woe to them when I turn away from them.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי (ki); … Continue reading →

אֶפְרַ֕יִם כָּעֹ֖וף יִתְעֹופֵ֣ף כְּבֹודָ֑ם מִלֵּדָ֥ה וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן וּמֵהֵרָיֹֽון׃ Efrayim—like a bird their glory shall fly away, from birth, from the womb, and from conception.   Morphology אֶפְרַיִם (Ephrayim) – Root: אפרים (Ephrayim); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Ephrayim”; Notes: Represents the northern … Continue reading →

כַּעֲנָבִ֣ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר מָצָ֨אתִי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּבִכּוּרָ֤ה בִתְאֵנָה֙ בְּרֵ֣אשִׁיתָ֔הּ רָאִ֖יתִי אֲבֹֽותֵיכֶ֑ם הֵ֜מָּה בָּ֣אוּ בַֽעַל־פְּעֹ֗ור וַיִּנָּֽזְרוּ֙ לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת וַיִּהְי֥וּ שִׁקּוּצִ֖ים כְּאָהֳבָֽם׃ Like grapes in the wilderness I found Yisraʾel; like the first-ripe fruit on the fig tree in its beginning I saw your fathers. … Continue reading →

הֶעְמִֽיקוּ־שִׁחֵ֖תוּ כִּימֵ֣י הַגִּבְעָ֑ה יִזְכֹּ֣ור עֲוֹנָ֔ם יִפְקֹ֖וד חַטֹּאותָֽם׃ ס They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of the Giveʿa; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.    Morphology הֶעְמִיקוּ (heʿmiku) – Root: עמק (ʿamaq); Form: Hiphil … Continue reading →

צֹפֶ֥ה אֶפְרַ֖יִם עִם־אֱלֹהָ֑י נָבִ֞יא פַּ֤ח יָקֹושׁ֙ עַל־כָּל־דְּרָכָ֔יו מַשְׂטֵמָ֖ה בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ Efrayim is a watchman with my God; the prophet is a snare of a fowler on all his ways, hostility is in the house of his God.   Morphology צֹפֶה … Continue reading →

בָּ֣אוּ יְמֵ֣י הַפְּקֻדָּ֗ה בָּ֚אוּ יְמֵ֣י הַשִׁלֻּ֔ם יֵדְע֖וּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֱוִ֣יל הַנָּבִ֗יא מְשֻׁגָּע֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָר֔וּחַ עַ֚ל רֹ֣ב עֲוֹנְךָ֔ וְרַבָּ֖ה מַשְׂטֵמָֽה׃ The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Yisraʾel shall know it. The prophet is foolish, the man … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה הָֽלְכוּ֙ מִשֹּׁ֔ד מִצְרַ֥יִם תְּקַבְּצֵ֖ם מֹ֣ף תְּקַבְּרֵ֑ם מַחְמַ֣ד לְכַסְפָּ֗ם קִמֹּושׂ֙ יִֽירָשֵׁ֔ם חֹ֖וחַ בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃ For behold, they have gone because of destruction; Mitsrayim shall gather them up, Mof shall bury them; the precious things of their silver, nettles shall possess them; … Continue reading →

מַֽה־תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ לְיֹ֣ום מֹועֵ֑ד וּלְיֹ֖ום חַג־יְהוָֽה׃ What will you do for the day of appointment and for the day of the feast of YHWH?   Morphology מַה (mah) – Root: מה (mah); Form: Interrogative pronoun; Translation: “what”; Notes: Introduces a rhetorical … Continue reading →

לֹא־יִסְּכ֨וּ לַיהוָ֥ה יַיִן֮ וְלֹ֣א יֶֽעֶרְבוּ־לֹו֒ זִבְחֵיהֶ֗ם כְּלֶ֤חֶם אֹונִים֙ לָהֶ֔ם כָּל־אֹכְלָ֖יו יִטַמָּ֑אוּ כִּֽי־לַחְמָ֣ם לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם לֹ֥א יָבֹ֖וא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ They shall not pour out wine to YHWH, and their sacrifices shall not please Him; their bread shall be to them like mourners’ … Continue reading →

לֹ֥א יֵשְׁב֖וּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁ֤ב אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ מִצְרַ֔יִם וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר טָמֵ֥א יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ They shall not dwell in the land of YHWH, but Efrayim shall return to Mitsrayim, and in Ashshur they shall eat what is unclean.   Morphology לֹא (lo) – Root: … Continue reading →

גֹּ֥רֶן וָיֶ֖קֶב לֹ֣א יִרְעֵ֑ם וְתִירֹ֖ושׁ יְכַ֥חֶשׁ בָּֽהּ׃ The threshing floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.   Morphology גֹּרֶן (goren) – Root: גרן (goren); Form: Noun feminine singular; Translation: “threshing floor”; Notes: … Continue reading →

אַל־תִּשְׂמַ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶל־גִּיל֙ כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים כִּ֥י זָנִ֖יתָ מֵעַ֣ל אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אָהַ֣בְתָּ אֶתְנָ֔ן עַ֖ל כָּל־גָּרְנֹ֥ות דָּגָֽן׃ Do not rejoice, Yisraʾel, with joy like the nations, for you have played the harlot, departing from your God; you have loved a harlot’s payment upon every … Continue reading →

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ וַיִּ֨בֶן֙ הֵיכָלֹ֔ות וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה הִרְבָּ֖ה עָרִ֣ים בְּצֻרֹ֑ות וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ And Yisraʾel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Yehuda has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send fire upon his cities, and it shall devour … Continue reading →

זִבְחֵ֣י הַבְהָבַ֗י יִזְבְּח֤וּ בָשָׂר֙ וַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּ יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א רָצָ֑ם עַתָּ֞ה יִזְכֹּ֤ר עֲוֹנָם֙ וְיִפְקֹ֣ד חַטֹּאותָ֔ם הֵ֖מָּה מִצְרַ֥יִם יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ The sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but YHWH does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and … Continue reading →

אֶ֨כְתָּוב־ל֔וֹ רֻבֵּ֖ו תּוֹרָתִ֑י כְּמוֹ־זָ֖ר נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃ *    כ אכתוב *    ק אֶ֨כְתָּב *    כ רבו *    ק רֻבֵּ֖י אֶ֨כְתָּב־ל֔וֹ רֻבֵּ֖י תּוֹרָתִ֑י כְּמוֹ־זָ֖ר נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃ Though I write for him the many things of My law, they are regarded … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־הִרְבָּ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת לַחֲטֹ֑א הָיוּ־לֹ֥ו מִזְבְּחֹ֖ות לַחֲטֹֽא׃ For Efrayim has multiplied altars for sinning; they have become for him altars for sinning.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי (ki); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “for” or “because”; Notes: Introduces the reason … Continue reading →

גַּ֛ם כִּֽי־יִתְנ֥וּ בַגֹּויִ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם וַיָּחֵ֣לּוּ מְּעָ֔ט מִמַּשָּׂ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ שָׂרִֽים׃ Even though they hire among the nations, now I will gather them; and they will begin to diminish because of the burden of the king and princes.   Morphology גַּם … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־הֵ֨מָּה֙ עָל֣וּ אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בֹּודֵ֣ד לֹ֑ו אֶפְרַ֖יִם הִתְנ֥וּ אֲהָבִֽים׃ For they have gone up to Ashshur, a wild donkey alone by itself; Efrayim has hired lovers.   Morphology כִּי (ki) – Root: כי (ki); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “for”; Notes: Introduces … Continue reading →

נִבְלַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַתָּה֙ הָי֣וּ בַגֹּויִ֔ם כִּכְלִ֖י אֵֽין־חֵ֥פֶץ בֹּֽו׃ Yisraʾel is swallowed up; now they have become among the nations like a vessel in which there is no delight.   Morphology נִבְלַע (nivlaʿ) – Root: בלע (balaʿ); Form: Nifal perfect 3rd … Continue reading →