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Woeאוֹיto them,לָהֶםforכִּיthey have strayedנָדְדוּfrom me!מִמֶּנִּיDestructionשֹׁדto them,לָהֶםforכִּיthey have transgressedפָשְׁעוּagainst me!בִיAnd Iוְאָנֹכִיwould redeem them,אֶפְדֵּםbut theyוְהֵמָּהspeakדִּבְּרוּliesכְּזָבִיםagainst me.עָלַי
Hosea 7:13
Study it in the app“Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have transgressed against me! And I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:13, word by word
- Woeאוֹיoy
woe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appears- they have strayedנָדְדוּnaddu
wander
To roam like a fugitive.
Where else “naddu” appears- Destructionשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- they have transgressedפָשְׁעוּfashu
transgress
To break with God and his law.
Where else “fashu” appears- would redeem themאֶפְדֵּefde
redeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “efde” appears- speakדִּבְּרוּdibru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appears- liesכְּזָבִיםkezavim
lie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “kezavim” appears
The context
12As they go, I will spread my net over them; like the birds of the heavens I will bring them down; I will discipline them according to the report to their community.
13 · This verse (above)
14And they do not cry out to me with their heart, but they wail on their beds; for grain and new wine they gather themselves; they turn away from me.