On the topsעַל רָאשֵׁיof the mountainsהֶהָרִיםthey sacrifice,יְזַבֵּחוּand onוְעַלthe hillsהַגְּבָעוֹתthey burn incense,יְקַטֵּרוּunderתַּחַתoakאַלּוֹןand poplarוְלִבְנֶהand terebinth,וְאֵלָהforכִּיtheir shadeצִלָּהּis good.טוֹבThereforeעַל כֵּןyour daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיכֶםprostitute themselves,תִּזְנֶינָהand your daughters-in-lawוְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶםcommit adultery.תְּנָאַפְנָה
Hosea 4:13
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.