Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 6

1ComeH3212,and let us returnוְנָשׁ֣וּבָהve.na.Shu.vahH7725unto Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:for he hath tornטָרָ֖ףta.RafH2963,and he will healוְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּve.yir.pa.'E.nuH7495us; he hath smittenיַ֖ךְyakhH5221,and he will bind us upוְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ve.yach.be.She.nuH2280.

2After two daysמִיֹּמָ֑יִםmi.yo.Ma.yimH3117will he reviveיְחַיֵּ֖נוּye.chai.Ye.nuH2421us: in the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117he will raise us upיְקִמֵ֖נוּye.ki.Me.nuH6965,and we shall liveוְנִחְיֶ֥הve.nich.YehH2421in his sightלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440.

3Then shall we knowוְנֵדְעָ֣הve.ne.de.'AhH3045, ifwe followנִרְדְּפָ֗הnir.de.FahH7291on to knowלָדַ֙עַת֙la.Da.'atH3045Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:his going forthמֽוֹצָא֑וֹmo.tza.'OH4161is preparedנָכ֣וֹןna.KhonH3559as the morningכְּשַׁ֖חַרke.Sha.charH7837;and he shall comeוְיָב֤וֹאve.ya.Vo'H935unto us as the rainכַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙kha.Ge.shemH1653,as the latterכְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁke.mal.Ko.oshH4456andformer rainי֥וֹרֶהYo.rehH3384unto the earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

4O Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,what shall I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213unto thee? O Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,what shall I doאֶעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213unto thee? for your goodnessוְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ve.chas.de.KhemH2617isas a morningבֹּ֔קֶרBo.kerH1242cloudכַּֽעֲנַן־ka.'a.nan-H6051,and as the earlyמַשְׁכִּ֥יםmash.KimH7925dewוְכַטַּ֖לve.kha.TalH2919it goeth awayהֹלֵֽךְ׃ho.LekhH1980.

5Therefore have I hewedחָצַ֙בְתִּי֙cha.Tzav.tiH2672themby the prophetsבַּנְּבִיאִ֔יםba.ne.vi.'ImH5030;I have slainהֲרַגְתִּ֖יםha.rag.TimH2026them by the wordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561of my mouthפִ֑יFiH6310:and thy judgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָu.mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941are asthe lightא֥וֹר'orH216thatgoeth forthיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318.

6For I desiredחָפַ֖צְתִּיcha.Fatz.tiH2654mercyחֶ֥סֶדChe.sedH2617,and not sacrificeזָ֑בַחZa.vachH2077;and the knowledgeוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847of Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430more than burnt offeringsמֵעֹלֽוֹת׃me.'o.LotH5930.

7But they like menH120have transgressedעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674the covenantבְרִ֑יתve.RitH1285:there have they dealt treacherouslyבָּ֥גְדוּBa.ge.duH898against me.

8Gileadגִּלְעָ֕דgil.'AdH1568isa cityקִרְיַ֖תkir.YatH7151of them that workפֹּ֣עֲלֵיPo.'a.leiH6466iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205, and ispollutedעֲקֻבָּ֖ה'a.ku.BahH6121with bloodמִדָּֽם׃mi.DamH1818.

9And as troopsגְּדוּדִ֗יםge.du.DimH1416of robbers waitוּכְחַכֵּ֨יu.khe.cha.KeiH2442for a manאִ֜ישׁ'ishH376, sothe companyH2267of priestsכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםko.ha.NimH3548murderיְרַצְּחוּ־ye.ra.tze.chu-H7523in the wayדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870by consentשֶׁ֑כְמָהShekh.mahH7927 H7926:for they commitעָשֽׂוּ׃'a.SuH6213lewdnessזִמָּ֖הzi.MahH2154.

10I have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200an horrible thingשַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑הsha.'a.ri.ri.yahH8186in the houseבְּבֵית֙be.VeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478: there isthe whoredomזְנ֣וּתze.NutH2184of Ephraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478is defiledנִטְמָ֖אnit.Ma'H2930.

11Also, O Judahיְהוּדָ֕הye.hu.DahH3063,he hath setשָׁ֥תshatH7896an harvestקָצִ֖ירka.TzirH7105for thee, when I returnedבְּשׁוּבִ֖יbe.shu.ViH7725the captivityשְׁב֥וּתshe.VutH7622of my peopleעַמִּֽי׃ פ'a.MiH5971.

Commentaries on Hosea 6