“They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.”
Hosea 8:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Hosea 8:414 words
HebrewMeaning
הֵ֤םhēm
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
הִמְלִיכוּ֙himəliykw
they have made kingsverbH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מִמֶּ֔/נִּיmimeniy
from mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הֵשִׂ֖ירוּhēśiyrw
make self a princeverbH8323
altogether · rule
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָדָ֑עְתִּיyādāʿətiy
I knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
כַּסְפָּ֣/םkasəpām
silver theirnounH3701
price · silver
וּ/זְהָבָ֗/םwzəhābām
and gold theirconjH2091
fair weather
עָשׂ֤וּʿāśw
they have madeverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
עֲצַבִּ֔יםʿăṣabiym
idolsnounH6091
image
לְמַ֖עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
יִכָּרֵֽתyikārēt
it may be cut offverbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
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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