Hosea

Hosea 10:4

⁴They speak mere words;

with false oaths they make covenants.

So judgment springs up

like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They speak	דִּבְּר֣וּ	dib·bə·rū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H1696 speak
mere words	דְבָרִ֔ים	ḏə·ḇā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
with false	שָׁ֖וְא	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
oaths	אָל֥וֹת	’ā·lō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H422 swear, curse
they make	כָּרֹ֣ת	kā·rōṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H3772 cut off, cut down
covenants	בְּרִ֑ית	bə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
So judgment	מִשְׁפָּ֔ט	miš·pāṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment
springs up	וּפָרַ֤ח	ū·p̄ā·raḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6524 bud, sprout, shoot
like poisonous weeds	כָּרֹאשׁ֙	kā·rōš	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7219 head
in	עַ֖ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
the furrows	תַּלְמֵ֥י	tal·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H8525 furrow
of a field	שָׂדָֽי׃	śā·ḏāy	Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.