Hosea 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.”

Hosea 8:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 8:910 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

הֵ֨מָּה֙hēmāh

itprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

עָל֣וּʿālw

ariseverbH5927

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

אַשּׁ֔וּרʾašwr

AsshurnounH804

Assur · Assyria · Assyrians. See

פֶּ֖רֶאpereʾ

wildnounH6501

בּוֹדֵ֣דbwōdēd

aloneverbH909

ל֑/וֹlwō

pron

אֶפְרַ֖יִםʾepərayim

EphraimnounH669

Ephraimites

הִתְנ֥וּhitənw

hireverbH8566

אֲהָבִֽיםʾăhābiym

lovenounH158

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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