Hosea

Hosea 4:10

¹⁰They will eat but not be satisfied;

they will be promiscuous but not multiply.

For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They will eat	וְאָֽכְלוּ֙	wə·’ā·ḵə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H398 eat
but not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be satisfied	יִשְׂבָּ֔עוּ	yiś·bā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
they will be promiscuous	הִזְנ֖וּ	hiz·nū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
but not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
multiply	יִפְרֹ֑צוּ	yip̄·rō·ṣū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6555 break through
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have abandoned	עָזְב֖וּ	‘ā·zə·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
to give themselves	לִשְׁמֹֽר׃	liš·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8104 keep, watch, preserve

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