Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 11:1-4

1When Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478wasa childנַ֥עַרNa.'arH5288,then I lovedוָאֹהֲבֵ֑הוּva.'o.ha.Ve.huH157him, and calledקָרָ֥אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121my sonלִבְנִֽי׃liv.NiH1121out of Egyptוּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםu.mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

2Asthey calledקָרְא֖וּka.re.'UH7121them, so they wentהָלְכ֣וּha.le.KhuH1980from themמִפְּנֵיהֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.HemH6440:they sacrificedיְזַבֵּ֔חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076unto Baalimלַבְּעָלִ֣יםla.be.'a.LimH1168,and burned incenseיְקַטֵּרֽוּן׃ye.ka.te.RunH6999to graven imagesוְלַפְּסִלִ֖יםve.la.pe.si.LimH6456.

3I taughtH8637Ephraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669also to goH8637,takingקָחָ֖םka.ChamH3947them by their armsזְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יוze.ro.'o.TavH2220;but they knewיָדְע֖וּya.de.'UH3045not that I healedרְפָאתִֽים׃re.fa.TimH7495them.

4I drewאֶמְשְׁכֵם֙'em.she.KhemH4900them with cordsבְּחַבְלֵ֨יbe.chav.LeiH2256of a manאָדָ֤ם'a.DamH120,with bandsבַּעֲבֹת֣וֹתba.'a.vo.TotH5688of loveאַהֲבָ֔ה'a.ha.VahH160:and I was to them as they that take offכִּמְרִ֥ימֵיkim.Ri.meiH7311the yokeעֹ֖ל'olH5923on their jawsלְחֵיהֶ֑םle.chei.HemH3895,and I laidוְאַ֥טve.'AtH5186meatאוֹכִֽיל׃'o.KhilH398unto them.

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