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I writeאֶכְתָּבfor himלוֹthe many thingsרֻבֵּיof my law;תּוֹרָתִיasכְּמוֹa strange thingזָרthey are regarded.נֶחְשָׁבוּ
Hosea 8:12
Study it in the app“I write for him the many things of my law; as a strange thing they are regarded.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 8:12, word by word
- I writeאֶכְתָּבechtav
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “echtav” appears- the many thingsרֻבֵּיrube
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rube” appears- of my lawתּוֹרָתִtorati
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torati” appears- a strange thingזָרzar
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zar” appears- they are regardedנֶחְשָׁבוּnechshavu
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “nechshavu” appears
The context
11For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become for him altars for sinning.
12 · This verse (above)
13The sacrifices of my offerings they sacrifice, flesh, and they eat it; YHWH does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and call to account their sins; they will return to Egypt.