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Hosea 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.


Hosea 4:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 4:1213 words
HebrewMeaning
עַמִּ/י֙ʿamiy
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
בְּ/עֵצ֣/וֹbəʿēṣwō
gallowspronH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
יִשְׁאָ֔לyišəʾāl
ask (counselverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
וּ/מַקְל֖/וֹwmaqəlwō
rodconjH4731
staff
יַגִּ֣ידyagiyd
bewrayverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
ל֑/וֹlwō
pron
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ר֤וּחַrwḥa
airnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
זְנוּנִים֙zənwniym
whoredomnounH2183
הִתְעָ֔הhitəʿāh
go astrayverbH8582
deceive · dissemble · (cause to · make to) err ···
וַ/יִּזְנ֖וּwayizənw
commit fornicationconjH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
מִ/תַּ֥חַתmitaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽםʾĕlōhēyhem
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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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