They will notלֹאpour out libations ofיִסְּכוּwineיַיִןto YHWH,לַיהוָהand their sacrificesזִבְחֵיהֶםwill notוְלֹאbe pleasingיֶעֶרְבוּto him;לוֹthey will be like the breadכְּלֶחֶםof mournersאוֹנִיםto them;לָהֶםallכָּלwho eat itאֹכְלָיוwill be defiled;יִטַמָּאוּforכִּיtheir breadלַחְמָםwill be for their soul;לְנַפְשָׁםit will notלֹאcome intoיָבוֹאthe houseבֵּיתof YHWH.יְהוָה
Hosea 9:4
Study it in the app“They will not pour out libations of wine to YHWH, and their sacrifices will not be pleasing to him; they will be like the bread of mourners to them; all who eat it will be defiled; for their bread will be for their soul; it will not come into the house of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 9:4, word by word
- pour out libations ofיִסְּכוּyischu
pour out
To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.
Where else “yischu” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- and their sacrificesזִבְחֵיzivche
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zivche” appears- be pleasingיֶעֶרְבוּyeervu
be pleasing
To be pleasing to someone, like the sacrifice God accepts.
Where else “yeervu” appears- they will be like the breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- of mournersאוֹנִיםonim
distress
The evil one suffers, distress.
Where else “onim” appears- who eat itאֹכְלָיochlay
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochlay” appears- will be defiledיִטַמָּאוּyitamau
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitamau” appears- will be for their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafsha” appears- come intoיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears
The context
3They will not stay in the land of YHWH, but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat unclean food.
4 · This verse (above)
5What will you do on the day of the appointed time, and on the day of the feast of YHWH?