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Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםmixes himselfהוּא יִתְבּוֹלָלamong the peoples;בָּעַמִּיםEphraimאֶפְרַיִםhas becomeהָיָהa cakeעֻגָהnotבְּלִיturned over.הֲפוּכָה
Hosea 7:8
Study it in the app“Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples; Ephraim has become a cake not turned over.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:8, word by word
- Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- mixes himselfיִתְבּוֹלָלyitbolal
mix
To blend, like flour with oil.
Where else “yitbolal” appears- among the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- has becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- a cakeעֻגָהuga
flat cake
Round, thin loaf baked on hot stones.
Where else “uga” appears- notבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- turned overהֲפוּכָהhafucha
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “hafucha” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know it; gray hair also is sprinkled on him, and he does not know it.