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Hosea 8

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 14 verses

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  1. 1

    אֶל חִכְּךָ֣ שֹׁפָ֔ר כַּנֶּ֖שֶׁר עַל בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה יַ֚עַן עָבְר֣וּ בְרִיתִ֔י וְעַל תּוֹרָתִ֖י פָּשָֽׁעוּ

    to · mouth your · horn · like/as the eagle · upon · house of · LORD · because · to pass over · covenant my · and upon · law my · to rebel

  2. 2

    לִ֖י יִזְעָ֑קוּ אֱלֹהַ֥י יְֽדַעֲנ֖וּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

    to/for me · to cry out · God(s) my · to know you · Israel

  3. 3

    זָנַ֥ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֑וֹב אוֹיֵ֖ב יִרְדְּֽפוֹ

    to reject · Israel · good · enemy · to pursue him

  4. 4

    הֵ֤ם הִמְלִיכוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מִמֶּ֔נִּי הֵשִׂ֖ירוּ וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑עְתִּי כַּסְפָּ֣ם וּזְהָבָ֗ם עָשׂ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ עֲצַבִּ֔ים לְמַ֖עַן יִכָּרֵֽת

    they · to reign · and not · from me · to rule · and not · to know · silver their · and gold their · to do · to/for them · idols · for the sake of · to cut

  5. 5

    זָנַח֙ עֶגְלֵ֣ךְ שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן חָרָ֥ה אַפִּ֖י בָּ֑ם עַד מָתַ֕י לֹ֥א יוּכְל֖וּ נִקָּיֹֽן

    to reject · calf your · Samaria · to be angry · nose my · in/at them · until · how long · not · to prevail · innocence

  6. 6

    כִּ֤י מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְה֔וּא חָרָ֣שׁ עָשָׂ֔הוּ וְלֹ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים ה֑וּא כִּֽי שְׁבָבִ֣ים יִֽהְיֶ֔ה עֵ֖גֶל שֹׁמְרֽוֹן

    that · from Israel · and he · craftsman · to do him · and not · God(s) · he · that · splinters · to be · calf of · Samaria

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  7. 7

    כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ קָמָ֣ה אֵֽין ל֗וֹ צֶ֚מַח בְּלִ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂה קֶּ֔מַח אוּלַ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה זָרִ֖ים יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ

    that · spirit · to sow · and Suphah · to be short · standing grain · nothing · to/for him · sprout · without · to do · flour · perhaps · to do · strange · to swallow up him

  8. 8

    נִבְלַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַתָּה֙ הָי֣וּ בַגּוֹיִ֔ם כִּכְלִ֖י אֵֽין חֵ֥פֶץ בּֽוֹ

    to swallow up · Israel · now · to be · in/at the nations · like/as vessel · nothing · delight · in/at him

  9. 9

    כִּֽי הֵ֨מָּה֙ עָל֣וּ אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בּוֹדֵ֣ד ל֑וֹ אֶפְרַ֖יִם הִתְנ֥וּ אֲהָבִֽים

    that · they · to go up · Assyria · wild ass · separating · to/for him · Ephraim · to hire · loves

  10. 10

    גַּ֛ם כִּֽי יִתְנ֥וּ בַגּוֹיִ֖ם עַתָּ֣ה אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם וַיָּחֵ֣לּוּ מְּעָ֔ט מִמַּשָּׂ֖א מֶ֥לֶךְ שָׂרִֽים

    also · that · to hire · in/at the nations · now · to gather them · and to profane · few · from burden of · king · princes

  11. 11

    כִּֽי הִרְבָּ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת לַחֲטֹ֑א הָיוּ ל֥וֹ מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לַחֲטֹֽא

    that · to multiply · Ephraim · altars · to sin · to be · to/for him · altars · to sin

  12. 12

    אכתוב אֶ֨כְתָּב ל֔וֹ רבו רֻבֵּ֖י תּֽוֹרָתִ֑י כְּמוֹ זָ֖ר נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ

    to write · to write · to/for him · ten thousand of · multitude of · law my · like · strange · to think

  13. 13

    זִבְחֵ֣י הַבְהָבַ֗י יִזְבְּח֤וּ בָשָׂר֙ וַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּ יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א רָצָ֑ם עַתָּ֞ה יִזְכֹּ֤ר עֲוֺנָם֙ וְיִפְקֹ֣ד חַטֹּאותָ֔ם הֵ֖מָּה מִצְרַ֥יִם יָשֽׁוּבוּ

    sacrifices of · gifts my · to sacrifice · flesh · and to eat · LORD · not · to be pleased them · now · to remember · iniquity their · and to visit · sin offerings their · they · Egypt · to return

  14. 14

    וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ וַיִּ֨בֶן֙ הֵֽיכָל֔וֹת וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה הִרְבָּ֖ה עָרִ֣ים בְּצֻר֑וֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵ֣שׁ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ

    and to forget · Israel · - · doing him · and to build · temples · and Judah · to multiply · cities · fortified · and to send · fire · in/at cities his · and to eat · citadels her

About this chapter

  • 14 Verses
  • 156 Hebrew words
  • 104 Distinct lemmas

1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is shorter) — 8:6. 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 →

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