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Their deedsמַעַלְלֵיהֶםdo notלֹאallow themיִתְּנוּto returnלָשׁוּבto their Elohim,אֶל אֱלֹהֵיהֶםforכִּיa spiritרוּחַof prostitutionsזְנוּנִיםis in their midst,בְּקִרְבָּםand YHWHוְ יְהוָהthey do notלֹאknow.יָדָעוּ
Hosea 5:4
Study it in the app“Their deeds do not allow them to return to their Elohim, for a spirit of prostitutions is in their midst, and YHWH they do not know.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 5:4, word by word
- Their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears- allow themיִתְּנוּyitnu
let
To let something happen.
Where else “yitnu” appears- to returnשׁוּבshuv
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuv” appears- to their Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- a spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of prostitutionsזְנוּנִיםzenunim
prostitution
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenunim” appears- is in their midstקִרְבָּkirba
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirba” appears- and YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- knowיָדָעוּyadau
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadau” appears
The context
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now you have prostituted yourself, Ephraim; Israel is defiled.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the pride of Israel testifies to his face; and Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity; Judah also will stumble with them.