My peopleעַמִּיare destroyedנִדְמוּfor lackמִבְּלִיof knowledge;הַדָּעַתbecauseכִּיyouאַתָּהhave rejectedמָאַסְתָּknowledge,הַדַּעַתI will reject youוְאֶמְאָסְאךָfrom being priestמִכַּהֵןto me;לִיand because you have forgottenוַתִּשְׁכַּחthe lawתּוֹרַתof your Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָIאָנִיalsoגַּםwill forgetאֶשְׁכַּחyour children.בָּנֶיךָ
Hosea 4:6
Study it in the app“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from being priest to me; and because you have forgotten the law of your Elohim, I also will forget your children.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 4:6, word by word
- My peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- are destroyedנִדְמוּnidmu
destroy
To vanish completely, be wiped out, or put an end to something.
Where else “nidmu” appears- for lackבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- of knowledgeדָּעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- have rejectedמָאַסְתָּmaasta
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasta” appears- from being priestכַּהֵןkahen
serve as priest
Serve as a priest.
Where else “kahen” appears- and because you have forgottenתִּשְׁכַּחtishkach
forget
Forget.
Where else “tishkach” appears- the lawתּוֹרַתtorat
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appears- of your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- your childrenבָּנֶיbane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appears
The context
5And you will stumble by day, and the prophet also will stumble with you by night; and I will destroy your mother.
6 · This verse (above)
7As they multiplied, so they sinned against me; their glory I will change into disgrace.