Hosea 4:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth–aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.”

Hosea 4:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 4:1518 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

thoughconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

זֹנֶ֤הzōneh

are prostituting yourselfverbH2181

continually · great · (be an · play the) harlot ···

אַתָּה֙ʾatāh

youprepH859

thou · ye · you

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl

O IsraelnounH3478

אַלʾal

may notparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

יֶאְשַׁ֖םyeʾəšam

it become guiltyverbH816

certainly · made) desolate · destroy · greatly ···

יְהוּדָ֑הyəhwdāh

JudahnounH3063

וְ/אַלwəʾal

and may notconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תָּבֹ֣אוּtābōʾw

you goverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

הַ/גִּלְגָּ֗לhagiləgāl

GilgalparticleH1537

וְ/אַֽלwəʾal

and may notconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תַּעֲלוּ֙taʿălw

you go upverbH5927

ascend up · at once · break · bring ···

בֵּ֣יתbēyt

BethnounH1007

אָ֔וֶןʾāwen

AvennounH1007

וְ/אַלwəʾal

and may notconjH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּשָּׁבְע֖וּtišābəʿw

you swearverbH7650

charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for

חַיḥay

by the lifeadjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

of YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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