Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 5:1-7

1Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085ye this, O priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548;and hearkenוְהַקְשִׁ֣יבוּ׀ve.hak.Shi.vuH7181,ye houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478;and give ye earהַאֲזִ֔ינוּha.'a.Zi.nuH238,O houseוּבֵ֤יתu.VeitH1004of the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428;for judgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּ֑טha.mish.PatH4941istoward you, because ye have been a snareפַח֙fachH6341on Mizpahלְמִצְפָּ֔הle.mitz.PahH4709,and a netוְרֶ֖שֶׁתve.Re.shetH7568spreadפְּרוּשָׂ֥הpe.ru.SahH6566upon Taborתָּבֽוֹר׃ta.VorH8396.

2And the revoltersשֵׂטִ֖יםse.TimH7846are profoundהֶעְמִ֑יקוּhe'.Mi.kuH6009to make slaughterוְשַׁחֲטָ֥הve.sha.cha.TahH7819, though I have beena rebukerמוּסָ֥רmu.SarH4148of them all.

3I knowיָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,and Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478is not hidנִכְחַ֣דnikh.ChadH3582from me: for now, O Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,thou committest whoredomהִזְנֵ֣יתָhiz.Nei.taH2181, andIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478is defiledנִטְמָ֖אnit.Ma'H2930.

4They will not frameיִתְּנוּ֙yi.te.NuH5414their doingsמַ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םma.'a.lei.HemH4611to turnלָשׁ֖וּבla.ShuvH7725unto their Godאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430:for the spiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307of whoredomsזְנוּנִים֙ze.nu.NimH2183isin the midstבְּקִרְבָּ֔םbe.kir.BamH7130of them, and they have not knownיָדָֽעוּ׃ya.Da.'uH3045Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

5And the prideגְאֽוֹן־ge.'on-H1347of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478doth testifyוְעָנָ֥הve.'a.NahH6030to his faceבְּפָנָ֑יוbe.fa.NavH6440:therefore shall Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478and Ephraimוְאֶפְרַ֗יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669fallיִכָּֽשְׁלוּ֙yi.ka.she.LuH3782in their iniquityבַּעֲוֹנָ֔םba.'a.vo.NamH5771;Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063also shall fallכָּשַׁ֥לka.ShalH3782with them.

6They shall goH3212with their flocksבְּצֹאנָ֣םbe.tzo.NamH6629and with their herdsוּבִבְקָרָ֗םu.viv.ka.RamH1241to seekלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068;but they shall not findיִמְצָ֑אוּyim.Tza.'uH4672him;he hath withdrawnחָלַ֖ץcha.LatzH2502himself from them.

7They have dealt treacherouslyבָּגָ֔דוּba.Ga.duH898against Yhwhבַּיהוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068:for they have begottenיָלָ֑דוּya.La.duH3205strangeזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114childrenבָנִ֥יםva.NimH1121:now shall the new moon חֹ֖דֶשׁCho.deshH2320devourיֹאכְלֵ֥םyokh.LemH398them with their portionsחֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃ סchel.kei.HemH2506.

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