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Cursing,אָלֹהand lying,וְכַחֵשׁand murdering,וְרָצֹחַand stealing,וְגָנֹבand committing adultery;וְנָאֹףthey break out,פָּרָצוּand bloodshedוְדָמִיםtouchesנָגָעוּbloodshed.בְּדָמִים
Hosea 4:2
Study it in the app“Cursing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and bloodshed touches bloodshed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 4:2, word by word
- Cursingאָלֹהalo
curse
Call down evil on someone.
Where else “alo” appears- and lyingכַחֵשׁchachesh
deny
To say what is not so, or deny what is true.
Where else “chachesh” appears- and murderingרָצֹחַratsoach
murder
To take someone's life unjustly.
Where else “ratsoach” appears- and stealingגָנֹבganov
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “ganov” appears- and committing adulteryנָאֹףnaof
commit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “naof” appears- they break outפָּרָצוּparatsu
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “paratsu” appears- and bloodshedדָמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears- touchesנָגָעוּnagau
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nagau” appears
The context
1Hear the word of YHWH, children of Israel, for YHWH has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, and no loyal love, and no knowledge of Elohim in the land.
2 · This verse (above)
3Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who lives in it will languish, with the animals of the field and with the birds of the heavens; and even the fish of the sea will be taken away.