Hosea 9:4

“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.”

Hosea 9:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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?

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