Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 1:8-11

8Now when she had weanedוַתִּגְמֹ֖לva.tig.MolH1580Lo–ruhamahH3819,she conceivedוַתַּ֖הַרva.Ta.harH2029,and bareוַתֵּ֥לֶדva.Te.ledH3205a sonבֵּֽן׃BenH1121.

9Then saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559God,Callקְרָ֥אke.Ra'H7121his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Lo–ammiH3818: for ye arenot my peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971, and I will not be your God.

10Yet the numberמִסְפַּ֤רmis.ParH4557of the childrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478shall be as the sandכְּח֣וֹלke.CholH2344of the seaהַיָּ֔םhai.YamH3220,which cannot be measuredיִמַּ֖דyi.MadH4058nor numberedיִסָּפֵ֑רyi.sa.FerH5608; and it shall come to pass, thatin the placeבִּמְק֞וֹםbim.KomH4725where it was saidיֵאָמֵ֤רye.'a.MerH559unto them, Ye arenot my peopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971, thereit shall be saidיֵאָמֵ֥רye.'a.MerH559unto them, Ye arethe sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of the livingחָֽי׃ChaiH2416Godאֵֽל־'el-H410.

11Then shall the childrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of Judahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063and the childrenוּבְנֵֽי־u.ve.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478be gatheredוְ֠נִקְבְּצוּVe.nik.be.tzuH6908togetherיַחְדָּ֔וyach.DavH3162,and appointוְשָׂמ֥וּve.sa.MuH7760themselves oneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259headרֹ֥אשׁroshH7218,and they shall come upוְעָל֣וּve.'a.LuH5927out of the landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:for greatגָד֖וֹלga.DolH1419shall bethe dayי֥וֹםYomH3117of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yiz.re.'ElH3157.

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