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Forכִּיthey have brought nearקֵרְבוּtheir heartלִבָּםlike an ovenכַתַּנּוּרin their plotting;בְּאָרְבָּםallכָּלnightהַלַּיְלָהtheir bakerאֹפֵהֶםsleeps;יָשֵׁןin the morningבֹּקֶרitהוּאburnsבֹעֵרlike a flamingלֶהָבָהfire.כְּאֵשׁ
Hosea 7:6
Study it in the app“For they have brought near their heart like an oven in their plotting; all night their baker sleeps; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:6, word by word
- they have brought nearקֵרְבוּkervu
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “kervu” appears- their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- like an ovenתַּנּוּרtanur
firepot, oven
Small clay oven, like a brazier.
Where else “tanur” appears- in their plottingאָרְבָּarba
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “arba” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- their bakerאֹפֵofe
bake
Bake bread; as a noun, "baker".
Where else “ofe” appears- sleepsיָשֵׁןyashen
asleep
Asleep, sleeping.
Where else “yashen” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- burnsבֹעֵרvoer
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “voer” appears- like a flamingלֶהָבָהlehava
flame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
The context
5On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 · This verse (above)
7All of them grow hot like an oven, and they devour their judges; all their kings have fallen; there is no one among them who calls to me.