New American Standard Bible 1995

Hosea 11:1-3

1Whenכִּ֛יkiH3588Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478wasa youthנַ֥עַרNa.'arH5288I lovedוָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּva.'o.ha.Ve.huH157him, Andout of Egyptוּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםu.mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714Icalledקָרָ֥אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121My sonלִבְנִֽי׃liv.NiH1121.

2The morethey calledקָרְא֖וּka.re.'UH7121them,The moreכֵּ֚ןkenH3651they wentהָלְכ֣וּha.le.KhuH1980from them; They keptsacrificingיְזַבֵּ֔חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076to the Baalsלַבְּעָלִ֣יםla.be.'a.LimH1168AndburningH6999incenseH6999to idolsוְלַפְּסִלִ֖יםve.la.pe.si.LimH6456.

3Yet it is I who taughtH7270Ephraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669to walkH7270, Itookקָחָ֖םka.ChamH3947them in My armsזְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יוze.ro.'o.TavH2220;But they did not knowיָדְע֖וּya.de.'UH3045that Ihealedרְפָאתִֽים׃re.fa.TimH7495them.

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