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Against YHWHבַּיהוָהthey have acted treacherously,בָּגָדוּforכִּיthey have fatheredיָלָדוּstrangeזָרִיםchildren;בָנִיםnowעַתָּהthe new moonחֹדֶשׁwill devour themיֹאכְלֵםwith their portions.אֶת חֶלְקֵיהֶם
Hosea 5:7
Study it in the app“Against YHWH they have acted treacherously, for they have fathered strange children; now the new moon will devour them with their portions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 5:7, word by word
- Against YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- they have acted treacherouslyבָּגָדוּbagadu
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “bagadu” appears- they have fatheredיָלָדוּyaladu
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yaladu” appears- strangeזָרִיםzarim
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zarim” appears- childrenבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- the new moonחֹדֶשׁchodesh
new moon
When the moon reappears and the month begins, with its feast.
Where else “chodesh” appears- will devour themיֹאכְלֵyochle
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “yochle” appears- with their portionsחֶלְקֵיchelke
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelke” appears
The context
6With their flocks and with their herds they will go to seek YHWH, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
7 · This verse (above)
8Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; sound the alarm at Beth-aven: “After you, Benjamin.”