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With their evilבְּרָעָתָםthey make the king glad,יְשַׂמְּחוּ מֶלֶךְand with their liesוּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶםthe princes.שָׂרִים
Hosea 7:3
Study it in the app“With their evil they make the king glad, and with their lies the princes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:3, word by word
- With their evilרָעָתָraata
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raata” appears- they make the king gladיְשַׂמְּחוּyesamchu
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “yesamchu” appears- they make the king gladמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and with their liesכַחֲשֵׁיchachashe
lie
A false word said with deceit to seem what one is not.
Where else “chachashe” appears- the princesשָׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears
The context
2And they do not say to their heart that all their evil I remember; now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
3 · This verse (above)
4All of them are adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who stops stirring the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.