Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 13:9-13

9O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,thou hast destroyedשִֽׁחֶתְךָ֥shi.chet.KhaH7843thyself; but in me isthine helpבְעֶזְרֶֽךָ׃ve.'ez.Re.khaH5828.

10I willאֱהִ֤י'e.HiH165be thy kingמַלְכְּךָ֙mal.ke.KhaH4428:whereאֵפ֔וֹא'e.Fo'H645is any otherthat may saveוְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ve.yo.shi.'a.KhaH3467thee in all thy citiesעָרֶ֑יךָ'a.Rei.khaH5892?and thy judgesוְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָve.Sho.fe.Tei.khaH8199of whom thou saidstאָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559,Giveתְּנָה־te.nah-H5414me a kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428and princesוְשָׂרִֽים׃ve.sa.RimH8269?

11I gaveאֶֽתֶּן־'e.ten-H5414thee a kingמֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekhH4428in mine angerבְּאַפִּ֔יbe.'a.PiH639,and tookוְאֶקַּ֖חve.'e.KachH3947himaway in my wrathבְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ סbe.'ev.ra.TiH5678.

12The iniquityעֲוֹ֣ן'a.VonH5771of Ephraimאֶפְרָ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isbound upצָרוּר֙tza.RurH6887;his sinחַטָּאתֽוֹ׃cha.ta.ToH2403ishidצְפוּנָ֖הtze.fu.NahH6845.

13The sorrowsחֶבְלֵ֥יchev.LeiH2256of a travailing womanיֽוֹלֵדָ֖הyo.le.DahH3205shall comeיָבֹ֣אוּya.Vo.'uH935upon him: he isan unwiseחָכָ֔םcha.KhamH2450sonבֵן֙venH1121;for he should not stayיַעֲמֹ֖דya.'a.ModH5975longעֵ֥ת'etH6256in the place ofthe breaking forthבְּמִשְׁבַּ֥רbe.mish.BarH4866of childrenבָּנִֽים׃ba.NimH1121.

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