Hosea 6:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.”

Hosea 6:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 6:911 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/כְ/חַכֵּ֨יwkəḥakēy

longconjH2442

tarry · wait

אִ֜ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

גְּדוּדִ֗יםgədwdiym

armynounH1416

band · company · troop

חֶ֚בֶרḥeber

companynounH2267

charmer · enchantment · wide

כֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםkōhăniym

chief rulernounH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

דֶּ֖רֶךְderekə

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

יְרַצְּחוּyəraṣəḥw

put to deathverbH7523

kill · slay · murder

שֶׁ֑כְמָ/הšekəmāh

ShechemnounH7927

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

זִמָּ֖הzimāh

heinous crimenounH2154

lewd(-ly · -ness) · mischief · purpose ···

עָשֽׂוּʿāśw

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

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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