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And in slaughterוְשַׁחֲטָהthe rebelsשֵׂטִיםhave gone deep;הֶעְמִיקוּbut Iוַאֲנִיam disciplineמוּסָרfor all of them.לְכֻלָּם
Hosea 5:2
Study it in the app“And in slaughter the rebels have gone deep; but I am discipline for all of them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 5:2, word by word
- And in slaughterשַׁחֲטָהshachata
kill
To kill people with violence, at times as a sacrifice or punishment.
Where else “shachata” appears- the rebelsשֵׂטִיםsetim
those who turn aside
Turning aside, going astray; those who turn aside, rebels.
Where else “setim” appears- have gone deepהֶעְמִיקוּhemiku
be deep
To be deep; figuratively, to be hard to fathom or understand. In the causative, to make deep.
Where else “hemiku” appears- am disciplineמוּסָרmusar
discipline, correction
Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."
Where else “musar” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of the first half is difficult; another possible reading: “they have dug a pit deep at Shittim.”
The context
1Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel; and house of the king, give ear; for the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread over Tabor.
2 · This verse (above)
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now you have prostituted yourself, Ephraim; Israel is defiled.