Hosea 9:1

“Do not rejoice, Israel, with exultation like the peoples, for you have prostituted yourself away from your Elohim; you have loved a prostitute's wages on all the threshing floors of grain.”

Hosea 9:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Hosea 9:1, word by word

rejoiceתִּשְׂמַחtismach

rejoice

To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.

Where else “tismach” appears
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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with exultationגִּילgil

rejoicing

Immense delight.

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like the peoplesעַמִּיםamim

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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you have prostituted yourselfזָנִיתָzanita

be unfaithful

To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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you have lovedאָהַבְתָּahavta

like

To like something.

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a prostitute's wagesאֶתְנָןetnan

wages of a prostitute

The pay of a prostitute; also a gift.

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the threshing floorsגָּרְנוֹתgarnot

threshing floor

Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.

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of grainדָּגָןdagan

grain

Grain: wheat and barley.

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2Threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail her.

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