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Hosea 2:5-9

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.

7She will pursueוְרִדְּפָ֤הve.ri.de.FahH7291אֶת־'et-H853her loversH157but notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808catchתַשִּׂ֣יגta.SigH5381themאֹתָ֔ם'o.TamH853;she will seek themוּבִקְשָׁ֖תַםu.vik.Sha.tamH1245but notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808find themתִמְצָ֑אtim.Tza'H4672.Then she will sayH559 H1980, ‘I will returnוְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ve.'a.Shu.vahH7725toאֶל־'el-H413my firstהָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223husbandאִישִׁ֣י'i.ShiH376,forH3588thenאָ֖ז'azH227I was better offH2896than nowמֵעָֽתָּה׃me.'A.tahH6258.’

8For sheוְהִיא֙ve.Hi'H1931does notH3808acknowledgeיָֽדְעָ֔הya.de.'AhH3045thatכִּ֤יkiH3588it was Iאָֽנֹכִי֙'a.no.KhiH595who gaveנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414hergrainהַדָּגָ֖ןha.da.GanH1715,new wineוְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁve.ha.ti.Ro.oshH8492,and oilוְהַיִּצְהָ֑רve.hai.yitz.HarH3323,who lavishedהִרְבֵּ֥יתִיhir.Bei.tiH7235on hersilverוְכֶ֨סֶףve.Khe.sefH3701and goldוְזָהָ֖בve.za.HavH2091—which they craftedעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213for Baalלַבָּֽעַל׃la.Ba.'alH1168.

9Thereforeלָכֵ֣ןla.KhenH3651I will take backוְלָקַחְתִּ֤יve.la.kach.TiH7725 H3947My grainדְגָנִי֙de.ga.NiH1715in its timeבְּעִתּ֔וֹbe.'i.ToH6256and My new wineוְתִירוֹשִׁ֖יve.ti.ro.ShiH8492in its seasonבְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹbe.mo.'a.DoH4150;I will take awayוְהִצַּלְתִּי֙ve.hi.tzal.TiH5337My woolצַמְרִ֣יtzam.RiH6785and linenוּפִשְׁתִּ֔יu.fish.TiH6593,which were given to coverלְכַסּ֖וֹתle.kha.SotH3680H853her nakednessעֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃'er.va.TahH6172.

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