“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 4:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Hosea 4:1213 words
HebrewMeaning
עַמִּ/י֙ʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
בְּ/עֵצ֣/וֹbəʿēṣwō
by wood hispronH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
יִשְׁאָ֔לyišəʾāl
he enquiresverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
וּ/מַקְל֖/וֹwmaqəlwō
and stick hisconjH4731
staff
יַגִּ֣ידyagiyd
it tellsverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
ל֑/וֹlwō
pron
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ר֤וּחַrwḥa
a spirit ofnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
זְנוּנִים֙zənwniym
prostitutionnounH2183
הִתְעָ֔הhitəʿāh
it has misledverbH8582
deceive · dissemble · (cause to · make to) err ···
וַ/יִּזְנ֖וּwayizənw
and they have prostituted themselvesconjH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
מִ/תַּ֥חַתmitaḥat
from underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽםʾĕlōhēyhem
God theirnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
ℹWords 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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