Hosea

Hosea 7:6

6For they prepare their heart like an oven

while they lie in wait;

all night their anger smolders;b

in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Footnotes

  • b 7:6 Literally their baker sleeps

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
they prepareקֵרְב֧וּqê·rə·ḇūVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralH7126 come near, approach
their heartלִבָּ֖םlib·bāmNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
like an ovenכַתַּנּ֛וּרḵat·tan·nūrPreposition-k, Article; Noun - common singularH8574 stove
while they lie in waitבְּאָרְבָּ֑םbə·’ā·rə·bāmPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH696 ambuscade
allכָּל־kāl-Noun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
nightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙hal·lay·lāhArticle; Noun - masculine singularH3915 twist, night, adversity
their angerאֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם’ō·p̄ê·hemVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH644 bake
smoldersיָשֵׁ֣ןyā·šênAdjective - masculine singularH3463 sleeping
in the morningבֹּ֕קֶרbō·qerNoun - masculine singularH1242 morning
itה֥וּאhūPronoun - third person masculine singularH1931 he, she
blazesבֹעֵ֖רḇō·‘êrVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH1197 burn, consume
like a flamingלֶהָבָֽה׃le·hā·ḇāhNoun - feminine singularH3852 id.
fireכְּאֵ֥שׁkə·’êšPreposition-k; Noun - common singular constructH784 fire

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