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But sheוְהִיאdid notלֹאknowיָדְעָהthatכִּיIאָנֹכִיgaveנָתַתִּיherלָהּthe grainהַדָּגָןand the new wineוְהַתִּירוֹשׁand the oil,וְהַיִּצְהָרand multipliedהִרְבֵּיתִיfor herלָהּsilverוְכֶסֶףand gold,וְזָהָבwhich they usedעָשׂוּfor Baal.לַבָּעַל
Hosea 2:8
Study it in the app“But she did not know that I gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil, and multiplied for her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.”
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Hosea 2:8, word by word
- knowיָדְעָהyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- the grainדָּגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- and the new wineתִּירוֹשׁtirosh
new wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tirosh” appears- and the oilיִּצְהָרyitshar
fresh oil
Fresh olive oil.
Where else “yitshar” appears- and multipliedהִרְבֵּיתִיhirbeti
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirbeti” appears- silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- and goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- which they usedעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- for Baalבָּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears
The context
7And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; and she will seek them, but she will not find them; and she will say, “I will go and return to my husband, the first, for it was better for me then than now.”
8 · This verse (above)
9Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its appointed time, and I will snatch away my wool and my linen, given to cover her nakedness.