Hosea 4:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַטַּ֥את עַמִּ֖י יֹאכֵ֑לוּ וְאֶל־עֲוֺנָ֖ם יִשְׂא֥וּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

ḥaṭṭaʾt ʿammî yōʾkēlû wə-ʾel-ʿăwōnām yiśʾû napšô

Grammar Details

*ḥaṭṭaʾt*: noun, feminine singular construct - sin-offering of/sin of
*ʿammî*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my people
*yōʾkēlû*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they eat/will eat
*wə-ʾel*: conjunction + preposition - and unto/towards
*ʿăwōnām*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their iniquity
*yiśʾû*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they lift up/carry
*napšô*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul/desire/appetite

Word Meanings

*ḥaṭṭaʾt*: sin/sin-offering
*yōʾkēlû*: eat/consume/devour
*ʿăwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment for iniquity
*yiśʾû*: lift up/carry/take away/long for
*nepeš*: soul/life/self/desire/appetite

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Referenced Verses

Lev 6:26 : 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Isa 56:11 : 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Lev 7:6-7 : 6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. 7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Ps 25:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Ezek 14:3 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
Ezek 14:7 : 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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