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And on her childrenוְ בָּנֶיהָI will notלֹאhave compassion,אֲרַחֵםforכִּיthey areהֵמָּהchildrenבְנֵיof prostitutions.זְנוּנִים
Hosea 2:4
Study it in the app“And on her children I will not have compassion, for they are children of prostitutions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 2:4, word by word
- And on her childrenבָּנֶיbane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appears- have compassionאֲרַחֵםarachem
have compassion
To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.
Where else “arachem” appears- of prostitutionsזְנוּנִיםzenunim
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenunim” appears
The context
3or else I will strip her naked and set her out as on the day she was born, and make her like the wilderness, and leave her like a land that is dry, and kill her with thirst.
4 · This verse (above)
5For their mother has prostituted herself; she who conceived them has acted shamefully, for she said, “I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.”