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A merchant!כְּנַעַןIn his handבְּיָדוֹare scalesמֹאזְנֵיof deceit;מִרְמָהhe lovesאָהֵבto oppress.לַעֲשֹׁק
Hosea 12:7
Study it in the app“A merchant! In his hand are scales of deceit; he loves to oppress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 12:7, word by word
- A merchantכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- In his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- are scalesמֹאזְנֵיmozne
scales
A pair of scales.
Where else “mozne” appears- of deceitמִרְמָהmirma
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirma” appears- he lovesאָהֵבahev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahev” appears- to oppressעֲשֹׁקashok
oppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “ashok” appears
Translation note
“A merchant”: in Hebrew it is “Canaan,” a name that also means trader.
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
6And you, to your Elohim you will return; keep loyal love and justice, and wait for your Elohim continually.
7 · This verse (above)
8And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they will not find in me iniquity that is sin.”