Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 8:7-9

7For they have sownיִזְרָ֖עוּyiz.Ra.'uH2232the windר֥וּחַRu.achH7307,and they shall reapיִקְצֹ֑רוּyik.Tzo.ruH7114the whirlwindוְסוּפָ֣תָהve.su.Fa.tahH5492:it hath no stalkקָמָ֣הka.MahH7054:the budצֶ֚מַחTze.machH6780shall yieldיַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213no mealקֶּ֔מַחKe.machH7058:ifאוּלַ֣י'u.LaiH194so be it yieldיַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213,the strangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114shall swallow it upיִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃yiv.la.'U.huH1104.

8Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478is swallowed upנִבְלַ֖עniv.La'H1104:now shall they be among the Gentilesבַגּוֹיִ֔םva.go.YimH1471as a vesselכִּכְלִ֖יkikh.LiH3627wherein isno pleasureחֵ֥פֶץChe.fetzH2656.

9For they are gone upעָל֣וּ'a.LuH5927to Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,a wild donkeyפֶּ֖רֶאPe.re'H6501aloneבּוֹדֵ֣דbo.DedH909by himself: Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669hath hiredהִתְנ֥וּhit.NuH8566loversאֲהָבִֽים'a.ha.VimH158.

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