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They speakדִּבְּרוּwords,דְבָרִיםswearingאָלוֹתfalselyשָׁוְאin makingכָּרֹתa covenant;בְּרִיתso judgmentוּ מִשְׁפָּטsproutsפָרַחlike poisonכָּרֹאשׁin the furrowsעַל תַּלְמֵיof the field.שָׂדָי
Hosea 10:4
Study it in the app“They speak words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; so judgment sprouts like poison in the furrows of the field.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 10:4, word by word
- They speakדִּבְּרוּdibru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appears- wordsדְבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- swearingאָלוֹתalot
swear
Swear; make someone swear.
Where else “alot” appears- falselyשָׁוְאshav
falsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appears- in makingכָּרֹתkarot
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karot” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- so judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears- sproutsפָרַחfarach
blossom
To sprout, blossom; or prosper.
Where else “farach” appears- like poisonרֹאשׁrosh
poison plant
A bitter, harmful plant.
Where else “rosh” appears- in the furrowsתַּלְמֵיtalme
furrow
A furrow of the plow.
Where else “talme” appears- of the fieldשָׂדָיsaday
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “saday” appears
The context
3For now they will say, “There is no king for us, for we did not fear YHWH; and the king, what will he do for us?”
4 · This verse (above)
5For the calves of Beth-aven the inhabitants of Samaria will be afraid; for its people will mourn over it, and its pagan priests who rejoiced over it, over its glory, because it has gone into exile from it.