Hosea

Hosea 9:10

¹⁰I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.

I saw your fathers as the firstfruits

of the fig tree in its first season.

But they went to Baal-peor,

and consecrated themselves to Shame;

so they became as detestable

as the thing they loved.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I found	מָצָ֙אתִי֙	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
like grapes	כַּעֲנָבִ֣ים	ka·‘ă·nā·ḇîm	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural	H6025 grape(s)
in the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
I saw	רָאִ֖יתִי	rā·’î·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
your fathers	אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
as the firstfruits	כְּבִכּוּרָ֤ה	kə·ḇik·kū·rāh	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular	H1063 first ripe fig, early fig
of the fig tree	בִתְאֵנָה֙	ḇiṯ·’ê·nāh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H8384 fig
in its first season	בְּרֵ֣אשִׁיתָ֔הּ	bə·rê·šî·ṯāh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H7225 beginning, chief
But they	הֵ֜מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
went	בָּ֣אוּ	bā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to Baal-peor	פְּע֗וֹר	pə·‘ō·wr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1187 Baal-Peor
and consecrated	וַיִּנָּֽזְרוּ֙	way·yin·nā·zə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5144 dedicate, consecrate
themselves to Shame	לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת	lab·bō·šeṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1322 shame
so they became	וַיִּהְי֥וּ	way·yih·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
as detestable	שִׁקּוּצִ֖ים	šiq·qū·ṣîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8251 detested thing
as the thing they loved	כְּאָהֳבָֽם׃	kə·’ā·ho·ḇām	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H157 love

Cross-references

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

Jeremiah 11:13 · Numbers 25:1–18 · Hosea 4:14 · Ezekiel 20:8 · Psalm 106:28–29 · Hosea 2:15 · Jeremiah 2:2–3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.