Hosea 4:13

“On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice, and on the hills they burn incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, for their shade is good. Therefore your daughters prostitute themselves, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.”

Hosea 4:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Hosea 4:13, word by word

On the topsרָאשֵׁיrashe

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

Where else “rashe” appears
of the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “harim” appears
they sacrificeיְזַבֵּחוּyezabechu

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

Where else “yezabechu” appears
the hillsגְּבָעוֹתgevaot

hill

Hill.

Where else “gevaot” appears
they burn incenseיְקַטֵּרוּyekateru

burn incense

To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.

Where else “yekateru” appears
oakאַלּוֹןalon

oak

Oak.

Where else “alon” appears
and poplarלִבְנֶהlivne

poplar, storax

A tree with pale bark: poplar or storax.

Where else “livne” appears
and terebinthאֵלָהela

great tree, terebinth

A large, strong tree: an oak or terebinth.

Where else “ela” appears
their shadeצִלָּtsila

shade

Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".

Where else “tsila” appears
is goodטוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

Where else “tov” appears
your daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “benote” appears
prostitute themselvesתִּזְנֶינָהtiznena

prostitute oneself

To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.

Where else “tiznena” appears
and your daughters-in-lawכַלּוֹתֵיchalote

daughter-in-law

The son's wife.

Where else “chalote” appears
commit adulteryתְּנָאַפְנָהtenaafna

commit adultery

To sleep with another's spouse.

Where else “tenaafna” appears

The context

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.

13 · This verse (above)

14I will not call your daughters to account when they prostitute themselves, or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with sacred prostitutes; and a people that does not understand will come to ruin.

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