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Prostitution,זְנוּתand wine,וְיַיִןand new wineוְתִירוֹשׁtake awayיִקַּחthe heart.לֵב
Hosea 4:11
Study it in the app“Prostitution, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 4:11, word by word
- Prostitutionזְנוּתzenut
prostitution, unfaithfulness
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenut” appears- and wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- and new wineתִירוֹשׁtirosh
new wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tirosh” appears- take awayיִקַּחyikach
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikach” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears
The context
10And they will eat but not be satisfied; they will prostitute themselves but not increase, for they have abandoned YHWH, ceasing to keep him.
11 · This verse (above)
12My people consult their piece of wood, and their staff answers them; for a spirit of prostitutions has led them astray, and they have prostituted themselves away from their Elohim.