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Hosea 2:4-6

4וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853I will have noH3808compassionאֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemH7355on her childrenבָּנֶ֖יהָba.Nei.haH1121,becauseH3588theyהֵֽמָּה׃He.mahH1992are the childrenבְנֵ֥יve.NeiH1121of adulteryH2183.

5Forכִּ֤יkiH3588their motherאִמָּ֔ם'i.MamH517has played the harlotזָֽנְתָה֙za.ne.TahH2181and has conceived themהֽוֹרָתָ֑םho.ra.TamH2029in disgraceהֹבִ֖ישָׁהho.Vi.shahH954.Forכִּ֣יkiH3588she thoughtאָמְרָ֗ה'a.me.RahH559, ‘I will goאֵלְכָ֞ה'e.le.KhahH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310my loversמְאַהֲבַי֙me.'a.ha.VaiH157,who give meנֹתְנֵ֤יno.te.NeiH5414breadלַחְמִי֙lach.MiH3899and waterוּמֵימַ֔יu.mei.MaiH4325,woolצַמְרִ֣יtzam.RiH6785and linenוּפִשְׁתִּ֔יu.fish.TiH6593,oilשַׁמְנִ֖יsham.NiH8081and drinkוְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃ve.shi.ku.YaiH8250.’

6Thereforeלָכֵ֛ןla.KhenH3651,beholdהִנְנִי־hi.ni-H2005,I will hedge upשָׂ֥ךְsakhH7753herH853pathדַּרְכֵּ֖ךְdar.KekhH1870with thornsבַּסִּירִ֑יםba.si.RimH5518;I will enclose her with a wallוְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙ve.ga.dar.TiH1443H853גְּדֵרָ֔הּge.de.RahH1447,so she cannotH3808findתִמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672her wayוּנְתִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָu.ne.ti.vo.Tei.haH5410.

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