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And they do notוְלֹאcry outזָעֲקוּto meאֵלַיwith their heart,בְּלִבָּםbutכִּיthey wailיְיֵלִילוּon their beds;עַל מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָםforעַלgrainדָּגָןand new wineוְתִירוֹשׁthey gather themselves;יִתְגּוֹרָרוּthey turn awayיָסוּרוּfrom me.בִי
Hosea 7:14
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:14, word by word
- cry outזָעֲקוּzaaku
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zaaku” appears- with their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- they wailיְיֵלִילוּyeyelilu
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “yeyelilu” appears- on their bedsמִשְׁכְּבוֹתָmishkvota
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkvota” appears- grainדָּגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- and new wineתִירוֹשׁtirosh
new wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tirosh” appears- they gather themselvesיִתְגּוֹרָרוּyitgoraru
stir up strife
Another word spelled the same: to stir up strife.
Where else “yitgoraru” appears- they turn awayיָסוּרוּyasuru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasuru” appears
Translation note
“They gather themselves”: with another letter it reads “they gash themselves.”
The context
13Woe 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.
14 · This verse (above)
15And I disciplined them, I strengthened their arms, yet against me they devise evil.