{
"verseID": "Hosea.10.8",
"source": "וְנִשְׁמְד֞וּ בָּמ֣וֹת אָ֗וֶן חַטַּאת֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ק֣וֹץ וְדַרְדַּ֔ר יַעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑ם וְאָמְר֤וּ לֶֽהָרִים֙ כַּסּ֔וּנוּ וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹת נִפְל֥וּ עָלֵֽינוּ׃",
"text": "And *wənišmədû bāmôt ʾāwen*, *ḥaṭṭaʾt Yiśrāʾēl*; *qôṣ wədardar yaʿăleh* upon their *mizbəḥôtām*; and they *wəʾāmərû* to the mountains, '*kassûnû*,' and to the hills, '*niplû* upon us.'",
"grammar": {
"*wənišmədû*": "conjunction + verb, Niphal, perfect, 3rd person, plural - and they will be destroyed",
"*bāmôt*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - high places",
"*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine, singular - wickedness/vanity",
"*ḥaṭṭaʾt*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - sin",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*qôṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular - thorn",
"*wədardar*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and thistle",
"*yaʿăleh*": "verb, Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it will grow/come up",
"*mizbəḥôtām*": "noun, masculine, plural with 3rd person, masculine, plural suffix - their altars",
"*wəʾāmərû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural - and they will say",
"*kassûnû*": "verb, Piel, imperative, masculine, plural with 1st person, plural suffix - cover us",
"*niplû*": "verb, Qal, imperative, masculine, plural - fall"
},
"variants": {
"*bāmôt*": "high places/altars on heights/shrines"
}
}