Hos 7:1-7 : 1 {
"verseID": "Hosea.7.1",
"source": "כְּרָפְאִ֣י לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְנִגְלָ֞ה עֲוֺ֤ן אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וְרָע֣וֹת שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן כִּ֥י פָעֲל֖וּ שָׁ֑קֶר וְגַנָּ֣ב יָב֔וֹא פָּשַׁ֥ט גְּד֖וּד בַּחֽוּץ׃",
"text": "While *rāpāʾ* to *yiśrāʾēl*, *wə*-*niglâ* *ʿăwōn* *ʾep̄rayim* *wə*-*rāʿôt* *šōmərôn* for they *pāʿălû* *šāqer*, and *gannāḇ* *yāḇôʾ*, *pāšaṭ* *gəḏûḏ* in the *ḥûṣ*.",
"grammar": {
"*rāpāʾ*": "infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my healing/when I would heal",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun with prefix *lə* - to/for Israel",
"*wə*-*niglâ*": "conjunction + niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and is revealed/exposed",
"*ʿăwōn*": "noun, masculine singular construct - iniquity/guilt of",
"*ʾep̄rayim*": "proper noun - Ephraim (northern kingdom)",
"*wə*-*rāʿôt*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural construct - and evils/wickedness of",
"*šōmərôn*": "proper noun - Samaria (capital of northern kingdom)",
"*pāʿălû*": "qal perfect 3rd plural - they have practiced/done",
"*šāqer*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood/deception",
"*gannāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - thief",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he comes/enters",
"*pāšaṭ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he strips/raids",
"*gəḏûḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - band/troop/raiding party",
"*ḥûṣ*": "noun, masculine singular with prefix *ba* - in the outside/street"
},
"variants": {
"*rāpāʾ*": "heal/cure/restore",
"*niglâ*": "revealed/uncovered/exposed",
"*ʿăwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment",
"*pāʿălû*": "worked/practiced/committed",
"*šāqer*": "falsehood/deception/lie",
"*pāšaṭ*": "strips/raids/spreads out",
"*gəḏûḏ*": "troop/band/raiding party"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Hosea.7.2",
"source": "וּבַל־יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ לִלְבָבָ֔ם כָּל־רָעָתָ֖ם זָכָ֑רְתִּי עַתָּה֙ סְבָב֣וּם מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם נֶ֥גֶד פָּנַ֖י הָיֽוּ׃",
"text": "*ûḇal*-*yōʾmərû* *lilḇāḇām* all-*rāʿātām* *zāḵārətî* *ʿattâ* *səḇāḇûm* *maʿaləlêhem* *neḡeḏ* *pānay* *hāyû*.",
"grammar": {
"*ûḇal*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not/lest",
"*yōʾmərû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they say/think",
"*lilḇāḇām*": "preposition *lə* + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to their heart",
"*rāʿātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their evil/wickedness",
"*zāḵārətî*": "qal perfect 1st singular - I remember/have remembered",
"*ʿattâ*": "adverb - now",
"*səḇāḇûm*": "qal perfect 3rd plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they surround them",
"*maʿaləlêhem*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their deeds/practices",
"*neḡeḏ*": "preposition - before/in front of",
"*pānay*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 1st singular suffix - my face",
"*hāyû*": "qal perfect 3rd plural - they are/have been"
},
"variants": {
"*ûḇal*": "and not/lest/cannot",
"*yōʾmərû*": "say/speak/think",
"*lilḇāḇām*": "to their heart/mind/inner self",
"*rāʿātām*": "their evil/wickedness/calamity",
"*zāḵārətî*": "I remember/recall/keep in mind",
"*səḇāḇûm*": "surround them/encircle them",
"*maʿaləlêhem*": "their deeds/practices/actions",
"*neḡeḏ*": "before/in front of/opposite"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Hosea.7.3",
"source": "בְּרָעָתָ֖ם יְשַׂמְּחוּ־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם שָׂרִֽים׃",
"text": "In *rāʿātām* *yəśamməḥû*-*meleḵ* *ûḇəḵaḥăśêhem* *śārîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*rāʿātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix with prefix *bə* - in/with their evil",
"*yəśamməḥû*": "piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they make glad/please",
"*meleḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - king",
"*ûḇəḵaḥăśêhem*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and with their lies/deceptions",
"*śārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - princes/officials"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʿātām*": "their evil/wickedness/malice",
"*yəśamməḥû*": "make glad/please/delight",
"*ûḇəḵaḥăśêhem*": "with their lies/deceptions/falsehoods",
"*śārîm*": "princes/officials/nobles"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Hosea.7.4",
"source": "כֻּלָּם֙ מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים כְּמ֣וֹ תַנּ֔וּר בֹּעֵ֖רָה מֵֽאֹפֶ֑ה יִשְׁבּ֣וֹת מֵעִ֔יר מִלּ֥וּשׁ בָּצֵ֖ק עַד־חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "All of them *mənāʾăp̄îm* like *tannûr* *bōʿērâ* from *ʾōp̄eh* *yišbôt* from *ʿîr* *millûš* *bāṣēq* until-*ḥumṣātô*.",
"grammar": {
"*mənāʾăp̄îm*": "piel participle masculine plural - committing adultery/being adulterers",
"*tannûr*": "noun, masculine singular - oven/furnace",
"*bōʿērâ*": "qal participle feminine singular - burning",
"*ʾōp̄eh*": "qal participle masculine singular - baker",
"*yišbôt*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he ceases/rests",
"*ʿîr*": "verb, hiphil infinitive construct - stirring/rousing",
"*millûš*": "qal infinitive construct with prefix *min* - from kneading",
"*bāṣēq*": "noun, masculine singular - dough",
"*ḥumṣātô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its leavening/rising"
},
"variants": {
"*mənāʾăp̄îm*": "adulterers/idolaters/unfaithful ones",
"*tannûr*": "oven/furnace",
"*bōʿērâ*": "burning/kindled/heated",
"*ʾōp̄eh*": "baker/one who bakes",
"*yišbôt*": "ceases/stops/rests",
"*ʿîr*": "stirring/rousing/awakening",
"*millûš*": "kneading/mixing dough",
"*ḥumṣātô*": "its leavening/fermenting/rising"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Hosea.7.5",
"source": "י֣וֹם מַלְכֵּ֔נוּ הֶחֱל֥וּ שָׂרִ֖ים חֲמַ֣ת מִיָּ֑יִן מָשַׁ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ אֶת־לֹצְצִֽים׃",
"text": "*yôm* *malkênû* *heḥĕlû* *śārîm* *ḥămat* from *yāyîn* *māšaḵ* *yāḏô* with-*lōṣəṣîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular construct - day of",
"*malkênû*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st plural suffix - our king",
"*heḥĕlû*": "hiphil perfect 3rd plural - they made sick/began",
"*śārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - princes/officials",
"*ḥămat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - heat/rage of",
"*yāyîn*": "noun, masculine singular with prefix *min* - from wine",
"*māšaḵ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he stretched/drew out",
"*yāḏô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*lōṣəṣîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - mockers/scorners"
},
"variants": {
"*heḥĕlû*": "made sick/began/inflamed",
"*ḥămat*": "heat/rage/wrath/poison",
"*māšaḵ*": "stretched out/drew/extended",
"*lōṣəṣîm*": "mockers/scorners/those who scoff"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Hosea.7.6",
"source": "כִּֽי־קֵרְב֧וּ כַתַּנּ֛וּר לִבָּ֖ם בְּאָרְבָּ֑ם כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ יָשֵׁ֣ן אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם בֹּ֕קֶר ה֥וּא בֹעֵ֖ר כְּאֵ֥שׁ לֶהָבָֽה׃",
"text": "For-*qērəḇû* like *tannûr* *libbām* in *ʾorəbbām* all-the *laylâ* *yāšēn* *ʾōp̄ēhem* *bōqer* he *bōʿēr* like *ʾēš* *lehāḇâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*qērəḇû*": "piel perfect 3rd plural - they brought near/approached",
"*tannûr*": "noun, masculine singular with prefix *ka* - like an oven",
"*libbām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their heart",
"*ʾorəbbām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix with prefix *bə* - in their ambush/lying in wait",
"*laylâ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the night",
"*yāšēn*": "qal participle masculine singular - sleeping",
"*ʾōp̄ēhem*": "qal participle masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their baker",
"*bōqer*": "noun, masculine singular - morning",
"*bōʿēr*": "qal participle masculine singular - burning",
"*ʾēš*": "noun, feminine singular - fire",
"*lehāḇâ*": "noun, feminine singular - flame"
},
"variants": {
"*qērəḇû*": "brought near/approached/prepared",
"*ʾorəbbām*": "their ambush/lying in wait/plotting",
"*yāšēn*": "sleeping/slumbering",
"*bōʿēr*": "burning/consuming/kindled"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Hosea.7.7",
"source": "כֻּלָּ֤ם יֵחַ֙מּוּ֙ כַּתַּנּ֔וּר וְאָכְל֖וּ אֶת־שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶ֑ם כָּל־מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם נָפָ֔לוּ אֵין־קֹרֵ֥א בָהֶ֖ם אֵלָֽי׃",
"text": "All of them *yēḥammû* like *tannûr* *wə*-*ʾāḵəlû* *ʾet*-*šōp̄ṭêhem* all-*malḵêhem* *nāp̄ālû* *ʾên*-*qōrēʾ* among them to me.",
"grammar": {
"*yēḥammû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they are hot/heated",
"*tannûr*": "noun, masculine singular with prefix *ka* - like an oven",
"*wə*-*ʾāḵəlû*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd plural - and they devour/consume",
"*šōp̄ṭêhem*": "qal participle masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their judges",
"*malḵêhem*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their kings",
"*nāp̄ālû*": "qal perfect 3rd plural - they have fallen",
"*ʾên*-*qōrēʾ*": "negative particle + qal participle masculine singular - there is no one calling",
"*ʾēlāy*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - to me"
},
"variants": {
"*yēḥammû*": "are hot/heated/burn with anger",
"*ʾāḵəlû*": "devour/consume/destroy",
"*šōp̄ṭêhem*": "their judges/rulers/leaders",
"*nāp̄ālû*": "fallen/been overthrown/died",
"*qōrēʾ*": "calling/crying out/praying"
}
}