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Hosea 4:13 — King James Version← Study notes

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.


Hosea 4:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 4:1320 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רָאשֵׁ֨יrāʾšēy
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
הֶ/הָרִ֜יםhehāriym
hillparticleH2022
mount · promotion
יְזַבֵּ֗חוּyəzabēḥw
killverbH2076
offer · sacrifice · slay
וְ/עַלwəʿal
aboveconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/גְּבָעוֹת֙hagəbāʿwōt
hillparticleH1389
little hill
יְקַטֵּ֔רוּyəqaṭērw
burn (incenseverbH6999
sacrifice) · incense · kindle · offer (incense ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
אַלּ֧וֹןʾalwōn
oaknounH437
וְ/לִבְנֶ֛הwəlibəneh
poplarconjH3839
וְ/אֵלָ֖הwəʾēlāh
elmconjH424
oak · teil-tree
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ט֣וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
צִלָּ֑/הּṣilāh
defencenounH6738
shade
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֗ןkēn
-wardparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
תִּזְנֶ֨ינָה֙tizəneynāh
commit fornicationverbH2181
continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···
בְּנ֣וֹתֵי/כֶ֔םbənwōtēykem
applenounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
וְ/כַלּוֹתֵי/כֶ֖םwəkalwōtēykem
brideconjH3618
daughter-in-law · spouse
תְּנָאַֽפְנָהtənāʾapənāh
adultererverbH5003
commit adultery · woman that breaketh wedlock
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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