Hosea

Hosea 13:1–4

¹When Ephraim^a spoke, there was trembling;

he was exalted in Israel.

But he incurred guilt through Baal,

and he died.

²Now they sin more and more

and make for themselves cast images,

idols skillfully made from their silver,

all of them the work of craftsmen.

People say of them,

“They offer human sacrifice

and kiss the calves!”^b

³Therefore they will be like the morning mist,

like the early dew that vanishes,

like chaff blown from a threshing floor,

like smoke through an open window.

⁴Yet I am the LORD your God

ever since the land of Egypt;

you know no God but Me,

for there is no Savior besides Me.

Footnotes

a 13:1 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 12
b 13:2 Or “The men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”See 1 Kings 19:18|1KI 19:18.

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Hosea 13:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
spoke	כְּדַבֵּ֤ר	kə·ḏab·bêr	Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1696 speak
there was trembling	רְתֵ֔ת	rə·ṯêṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H7578 trembling
he	ה֖וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
was exalted	נָשָׂ֥א	nā·śā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
in Israel	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	bə·yiś·rā·’êl	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
But he incurred guilt	וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥ם	way·ye’·šam	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H816 offend, be guilty
through Baal	בַּבַּ֖עַל	bab·ba·‘al	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1168 owner, lord
and he died	וַיָּמֹֽת׃	way·yā·mōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die

Hosea 13:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וְעַתָּ֣ה׀	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
they sin	לַחֲטֹ֗א	la·ḥă·ṭō	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2398 miss
more and more	יוֹסִ֣פוּ	yō·w·si·p̄ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3254 add
and make	וַיַּעְשׂ֣וּ	way·ya‘·śū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
for themselves	לָהֶם֩	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
cast images	מַסֵּכָ֨ה	mas·sê·ḵāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4541 molten metal, or image
idols	עֲצַבִּ֔ים	‘ă·ṣab·bîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6091 idol
skillfully made	כִּתְבוּנָם֙	kiṯ·ḇū·nām	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8394 intelligence, argument, caprice
from their silver	מִכַּסְפָּ֤ם	mik·kas·pām	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3701 silver, money
all	כֻּלֹּ֑ה	kul·lōh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
of them	לָהֶם֙	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
the work	מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	ma·‘ă·śêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4639 deed, work
of craftsmen	חָרָשִׁ֖ים	ḥā·rā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2796 graver, artificer
People	הֵ֣ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
say of them	אֹמְרִ֔ים	’ō·mə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
They offer human sacrifice	זֹבְחֵ֣י	zō·ḇə·ḥê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
kiss	יִשָּׁקֽוּן׃	yiš·šā·qūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H5401 kiss
the calves	עֲגָלִ֖ים	‘ă·ḡā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5695 calf

Hosea 13:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	לָכֵ֗ן	lā·ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
they will be	יִֽהְיוּ֙	yih·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like the morning	בֹּ֔קֶר	bō·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
mist	כַּעֲנַן־	ka·‘ă·nan-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6051 cloud-mass, cloud
like the early	מַשְׁכִּ֣ים	maš·kîm	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H7925 start, rise, early
dew	וְכַטַּ֖ל	wə·ḵaṭ·ṭal	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2919 night-mist, dew
that vanishes	הֹלֵ֑ךְ	hō·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
like chaff	כְּמֹץ֙	kə·mōṣ	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H4671 chaff
blown	יְסֹעֵ֣ר	yə·sō·‘êr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5590 storm, rage
from a threshing floor	מִגֹּ֔רֶן	mig·gō·ren	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H1637 threshing-floor
like smoke	וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן	ū·ḵə·‘ā·šān	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H6227 smoke
through an open window	מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃	mê·’ă·rub·bāh	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H699 lattice, window, sluice

Hosea 13:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet I	וְאָנֹכִ֛י	wə·’ā·nō·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
ever since the land	מֵאֶ֣רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרָ֑יִם	miṣ·rā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
you know	תֵדָ֔ע	ṯê·ḏā‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3045 know
no	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
God	וֵאלֹהִ֤ים	wê·lō·hîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
but Me	זֽוּלָתִי֙	zū·lā·ṯî	Preposition; first person common singular	H2108 removal
for	אַ֖יִן	’a·yin	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
Savior	וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַ	ū·mō·wō·šî·a‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H3467 deliver
besides Me	בִּלְתִּֽי׃	bil·tî	Preposition	H1115 not, except