Hosea

Hosea 8:9

⁹For they have gone up to Assyria

like a wild donkey on its own.

Ephraim^b has hired lovers.

Footnotes

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.