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And they do notוּבַלsayיֹאמְרוּto their heartלִלְבָבָםthat allכָּלtheir evilרָעָתָםI remember;זָכָרְתִּיnowעַתָּהtheir deedsמַעַלְלֵיהֶםsurround them;סְבָבוּםthey areהָיוּbefore my face.נֶגֶד פָּנַי
Hosea 7:2
Study it in the app“And they do not say to their heart that all their evil I remember; now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:2, word by word
- And they do notבַלval
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “val” appears- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “yomru” appears- to their heartלְבָבָlevava
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levava” appears- their evilרָעָתָraata
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raata” appears- I rememberזָכָרְתִּיzacharti
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zacharti” appears- their deedsמַעַלְלֵיmaalle
deeds, doings
Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.
Where else “maalle” appears- surround themסְבָבוּsevavu
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “sevavu” appears- they areהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- before my faceנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- before my faceפָּנַpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears
The context
1When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the evils of Samaria; for they practice falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the band of raiders raids outside.
2 · This verse (above)
3With their evil they make the king glad, and with their lies the princes.