Hosea

Hosea 4:13

¹³They sacrifice on the mountaintops

and burn offerings on the hills,

under oak, poplar, and terebinth,

because their shade is pleasant.

And so your daughters turn to prostitution

and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They sacrifice	יְזַבֵּ֗חוּ	yə·zab·bê·ḥū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the mountaintops	רָאשֵׁ֨י	rā·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7218 head
and burn offerings	יְקַטֵּ֔רוּ	yə·qaṭ·ṭê·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
on	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
the hills	הַגְּבָעוֹת֙	hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1389 hill
under	תַּ֣חַת	ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition	H8478 the under part
oak	אַלּ֧וֹן	’al·lō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H437 oak
poplar	וְלִבְנֶ֛ה	wə·liḇ·neh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3839 poplar
and terebinth	וְאֵלָ֖ה	wə·’ê·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H424 terebinth
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
their shade	צִלָּ֑הּ	ṣil·lāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6738 shadow
is pleasant	ט֣וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
And so	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your daughters	בְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם	bə·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1323 daughter
turn to prostitution	תִּזְנֶ֙ינָה֙	tiz·ne·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
and your daughters-in-law	וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם	wə·ḵal·lō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H3618 daughter-in-law, bride
to adultery	תְּנָאַֽפְנָה׃	tə·nā·’ap̄·nāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H5003 commit adultery

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 3:6 · Isaiah 1:29 · Ezekiel 6:13 · Amos 7:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.