Hosea

Hosea 7:4

⁴They are all adulterers,

like an oven heated by a baker

who needs not stoke the fire

from the kneading to the rising of the dough.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They are all	כֻּלָּם֙	kul·lām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3605 the whole, all
adulterers	מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים	mə·nā·’ă·p̄îm	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H5003 commit adultery
like	כְּמ֣וֹ	kə·mōw	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
an oven	תַנּ֔וּר	ṯan·nūr	Noun - common singular	H8574 stove
heated	בֹּעֵ֖רָה	bō·‘ê·rāh	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H1197 burn, consume
by a baker	מֵֽאֹפֶ֑ה	mê·’ō·p̄eh	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H644 bake
who needs not	יִשְׁבּ֣וֹת	yiš·bō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
stoke the fire	מֵעִ֔יר	mê·‘îr	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5782 rouse oneself, awake
from the kneading	מִלּ֥וּשׁ	mil·lūš	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3888 knead
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the rising	חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃	ḥum·ṣā·ṯōw	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H2556 be sour, leavened
of the dough	בָּצֵ֖ק	bā·ṣêq	Noun - masculine singular	H1217 dough

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.