Hosea

Hosea 8:9–10

⁹For they have gone up to Assyria

like a wild donkey on its own.

Ephraim^b has hired lovers.

¹⁰Though they hire allies among the nations,

I will now round them up,

and they will begin to diminish

under the oppression of the king of princes.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they	הֵ֙מָּה֙	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
have gone up	עָל֣וּ	‘ā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to Assyria	אַשּׁ֔וּר	’aš·šūr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H804 Asshur, Assyria
like a wild donkey	פֶּ֖רֶא	pe·re	Noun - masculine singular	H6501 wild ass
on its own	בּוֹדֵ֣ד	bō·w·ḏêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H909 be separate, isolated
Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֖יִם	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
has hired	הִתְנ֥וּ	hiṯ·nū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H8566 hire
lovers	אֲהָבִֽים	ʾă·hå̄·ḇīm	Noun - masculine plural	H158 love

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Though	גַּ֛ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
they hire allies	יִתְנ֥וּ	yiṯ·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8566 hire
among the nations	בַגּוֹיִ֖ם	ḇag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
I will now	עַתָּ֣ה	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
round them up	אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם	’ă·qab·bə·ṣêm	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H6908 gather, collect
and they will begin	וַיָּחֵ֣לּוּ	way·yā·ḥêl·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2490 bore, pierce
to diminish	מְּעָ֔ט	mə·‘āṭ	Adjective - masculine singular	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
under the oppression	מִמַּשָּׂ֖א	mim·maś·śā	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4853 load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute
of the king	מֶ֥לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
of princes	שָׂרִֽים׃	śā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

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

Hosea 8:9 Jeremiah 2:24 · Ezekiel 16:33–34 · Hosea 5:13 · Hosea 7:11 · 2 Kings 15:19 · Isaiah 30:6

Hosea 8:10 Ezekiel 16:37 · Ezekiel 26:7 · Ezekiel 23:22–26 · Haggai 2:6 · Isaiah 10:8 · Jeremiah 42:2 · Hosea 10:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.