Hosea 7:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.”

Hosea 7:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 7:35 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/רָעָתָ֖/םbərāʿātām

adversitypronH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

יְשַׂמְּחוּyəśaməḥw

cheer upverbH8055

be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···

מֶ֑לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

וּ/בְ/כַחֲשֵׁי/הֶ֖םwbəkaḥăšēyhem

leannessconjH3585

lies · lying

שָׂרִֽיםśāriym

captainnounH8269

chief · general · governor · keeper ···

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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