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Hosea 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.


Hosea 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 4:120 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁמְע֥וּšiməʿw
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
דְבַרdəbar
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רִ֤יבriyb
causenounH7379
adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···
לַֽ/יהוָה֙layhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
עִםʿim
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
יוֹשְׁבֵ֣יywōšəbēy
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
כִּ֠יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵיןʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אֱמֶ֧תʾĕmet
assurednounH571
establishment · faithful · right · sure ···
וְֽ/אֵיןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
חֶ֛סֶדḥesed
favournounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
וְ/אֵֽיןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
דַּ֥עַתdaʿat
cunningnounH1847
norantly · know · awares
אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בָּ/אָֽרֶץbāʾāreṣ
earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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