Hosea 6
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לְכוּ֙ וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה אֶל יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י ה֥וּא טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ יַ֖ךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ
walk · and to return · to · LORD · that · he · to tear · and to heal us · to strike · and to bind us
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2
יְחַיֵּ֖נוּ מִיֹּמָ֑יִם בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י יְקִמֵ֖נוּ וְנִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנָֽיו
to live us · from days · in/at the day · the third · to rise us · and to live · to/for face(s) his
Septuagint runs shorter here
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3
וְנֵדְעָ֣ה נִרְדְּפָ֗ה לָדַ֨עַת֙ אֶת יְהוָ֔ה כְּשַׁ֖חַר נָכ֣וֹן מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ וְיָב֤וֹא כַגֶּ֨שֶׁם֙ לָ֔נוּ כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ י֥וֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ
and to know · to pursue · to know · - · LORD · like/as dawn · being established · going forth his · and to enter · like/as the rain · to/for us · like/as spring rain · to throw · land
Septuagint runs shorter here
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4
מָ֤ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לְּךָ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂה לְּךָ֖ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ כַּֽעֲנַן בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֥ים הֹלֵֽךְ
what · to do · to/for you · Ephraim · what · to do · to/for you · Judah · and kindness your · like/as cloud of · morning · and like/as the dew · rising early · walking
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5
עַל כֵּ֗ן חָצַ֨בְתִּי֙ בַּנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲרַגְתִּ֖ים בְּאִמְרֵי פִ֑י וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ א֥וֹר יֵצֵֽא
upon · thus · to hew · in/at the prophets · to kill them · in/at utterances of · mouth my · and judgments your · light · to go out
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6
כִּ֛י חֶ֥סֶד חָפַ֖צְתִּי וְלֹא זָ֑בַח וְדַ֥עַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים מֵעֹלֽוֹת
that · kindness · to delight in · and not · sacrifice · and knowledge of · God(s) · from burnt offerings
Septuagint runs longer here
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7
וְהֵ֕מָּה כְּאָדָ֖ם עָבְר֣וּ בְרִ֑ית שָׁ֖ם בָּ֥גְדוּ בִֽי
and they · like/as Adam · to pass over · covenant · there · to betray · in/at me
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8
גִּלְעָ֕ד קִרְיַ֖ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן עֲקֻבָּ֖ה מִדָּֽם
Gilead · city of · doing · trouble · deceitful · from blood
Septuagint runs shorter here
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9
וּכְחַכֵּ֨י אִ֜ישׁ גְּדוּדִ֗ים חֶ֚בֶר כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים דֶּ֖רֶךְ יְרַצְּחוּ שֶׁ֑כְמָה כִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה עָשֽׂוּ
and like/as to wait · man · troops · association of · priests · way · to murder · Shechem toward · that · wickedness · to do
Septuagint runs shorter here
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10
בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי שעריריה שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
in/at house of · Israel · to see · horrible thing · horrible thing · there · harlotry · to/for Ephraim · to be unclean · Israel
Septuagint runs longer here
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11
גַּם יְהוּדָ֕ה שָׁ֥ת קָצִ֖יר לָ֑ךְ בְּשׁוּבִ֖י שְׁב֥וּת עַמִּֽי
also · Judah · to set · harvest · to/for you · in/at to return me · captivity of · people my
About this chapter
- 11 Verses
- 105 Hebrew words
- 84 Distinct lemmas
6 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (4 shorter, 2 longer) — 6:2, 6:3, 6:6, 6:8, 6:9, 6:10. Open any to read the two side by side.
Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →
Hosea 6 contains 11 verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Click any verse to open it in the interlinear word-by-word view, with transliteration, Strong's number, gloss, and full morphology for every word. Use the chapter navigation above to step through Hosea, or return to the book of Hosea for the full chapter list.