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And I spokeוְדִבַּרְתִּיtoעַלthe prophets,הַנְּבִיאִיםand Iוְאָנֹכִיmultipliedהִרְבֵּיתִיvision,חָזוֹןand by the handוּבְיַדof the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםI gave parables.אֲדַמֶּה
Hosea 12:10
Study it in the app“And I spoke to the prophets, and I multiplied vision, and by the hand of the prophets I gave parables.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 12:10, word by word
- And I spokeדִבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- multipliedהִרְבֵּיתִיhirbeti
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirbeti” appears- visionחָזוֹןchazon
vision
Vision: what God makes a prophet see or understand; by extension, his message.
Where else “chazon” appears- and by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- I gave parablesאֲדַמֶּהadame
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “adame” appears
The context
9But I am YHWH your Elohim from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed time.
10 · This verse (above)
11If Gilead is wickedness, surely they have become worthless; in Gilgal they sacrificed bulls; also their altars are like heaps on the furrows of the field.