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He has rejectedזָנַחyour calf,עֶגְלֵךְSamaria;שֹׁמְרוֹןmy angerאַפִּיburnsחָרָהagainst them;בָּםhow longעַד מָתַיwill they notלֹאbe capableיוּכְלוּof innocence?נִקָּיֹן
Hosea 8:5
Study it in the app“He has rejected your calf, Samaria; my anger burns against them; how long will they not be capable of innocence?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 8:5, word by word
- He has rejectedזָנַחzanach
reject
To cast someone away, no longer wanting him near.
Where else “zanach” appears- your calfעֶגְלֵegle
calf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egle” appears- Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears- burnsחָרָהchara
burn
For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.
Where else “chara” appears- how longמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- be capableיוּכְלוּyuchlu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchlu” appears- of innocenceנִקָּיֹןnikayon
innocence
Being free of any guilt.
Where else “nikayon” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
4They have made kings, but not from me; they have made officials, but I did not know it; with their silver and their gold they have made for themselves idols, so that it may be cut off.
5 · This verse (above)
6For from Israel is it too; a craftsman made it, and it is not Elohim; for the calf of Samaria will be splinters.