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All of themכֻּלָּםare adulterers,מְנָאֲפִיםlikeכְּמוֹan ovenתַנּוּרheatedבֹּעֵרָהby the baker,מֵאֹפֶהwho stopsיִשְׁבּוֹתstirring the fireמֵעִירfrom the kneadingמִלּוּשׁof the doughבָּצֵקuntilעַדit is leavened.חֻמְצָתוֹ
Hosea 7:4
Study it in the app“All 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:4, word by word
- are adulterersמְנָאֲפִיםmenaafim
be unfaithful
Israel being unfaithful to God with idols.
Where else “menaafim” appears- an ovenתַנּוּרtanur
firepot, oven
Small clay oven, like a brazier.
Where else “tanur” appears- heatedבֹּעֵרָהboera
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “boera” appears- by the bakerאֹפֶהofe
bake
Bake bread; as a noun, "baker".
Where else “ofe” appears- who stopsיִשְׁבּוֹתyishbot
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “yishbot” appears- stirring the fireמֵעִירmeir
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “meir” appears- from the kneadingלּוּשׁlush
knead
Knead.
Where else “lush” appears- of the doughבָּצֵקbatsek
dough
Bread dough.
Where else “batsek” appears- it is leavenedחֻמְצָתchumtsat
ferment
Of dough, to rise with yeast; or to turn sour.
Where else “chumtsat” appears
The context
3With their evil they make the king glad, and with their lies the princes.
4 · This verse (above)
5On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.