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ForכִּיEphraimאֶפְרַיִםhas multipliedהִרְבָּהaltarsמִזְבְּחֹתfor sinning,לַחֲטֹאthey have becomeהָיוּfor himלוֹaltarsמִזְבְּחוֹתfor sinning.לַחֲטֹא
Hosea 8:11
Study it in the app“For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become for him altars for sinning.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 8:11, 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- has multipliedהִרְבָּהhirba
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirba” appears- altarsמִזְבְּחֹתmizbchot
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appears- for sinningחֲטֹאchato
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chato” appears- they have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears
The context
10Even though they hire among the nations, now I will gather them, and they will begin to diminish a little from the burden of the king of princes.
11 · This verse (above)
12I write for him the many things of my law; as a strange thing they are regarded.