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Hosea 2:2-5

2Contendרִ֤יבוּRi.vuH7378with yourmotherבְאִמְּכֶם֙ve.'i.me.KhemH517,contendרִ֔יבוּRi.vuH7378: for she is not mywifeאִשְׁתִּ֔י'ish.TiH802, neither am I herhusbandאִישָׁ֑הּ'i.ShahH376: let her therefore putawayוְתָסֵ֤רve.ta.SerH5493herharlotryזְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ze.nu.Nei.haH2183out of hersightמִפָּנֶ֔יהmi.pa.NeihH6440, and heradulteriesוְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָve.na.'a.fu.Fei.haH5005from between herbreastsשָׁדֶֽיהָ׃sha.Dei.haH7699;

3Lest Istripאַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה'af.shi.Te.nahH6584hernakedעֲרֻמָּ֔ה'a.ru.MahH6174, andsetוְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָve.Hi.tzag.Ti.haH3322her as in thedayכְּי֖וֹםke.YomH3117that she wasbornהִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhi.val.DahH3205, andmakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָve.sam.Ti.haH7760her as awildernessכַמִּדְבָּ֗רkha.mid.BarH4057, andsetוְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙ve.sha.Ti.haH7896her like adryצִיָּ֔הtzi.YahH6723landכְּאֶ֣רֶץke.'E.retzH776, andkillוַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָva.ha.mi.Ti.haH4191her withthirstבַּצָּמָֽא׃ba.tza.Ma'H6772.

4And I will not havemercyאֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemH7355upon herchildrenבָּנֶ֖יהָba.Nei.haH1121; for they are thechildrenבְנֵ֥יve.NeiH1121ofharlotryH2183.

5For theirmotherאִמָּ֔ם'i.MamH517hath played theharlotזָֽנְתָה֙za.ne.TahH2181: she thatconceivedהֽוֹרָתָ֑םho.ra.TamH2029them hath doneshamefullyH3001: for shesaidאָמְרָ֗ה'a.me.RahH559, I willgoH3212afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310myloversמְאַהֲבַי֙me.'a.ha.VaiH157, thatgiveנֹתְנֵ֤יno.te.NeiH5414me mybreadלַחְמִי֙lach.MiH3899and mywaterוּמֵימַ֔יu.mei.MaiH4325, mywoolצַמְרִ֣יtzam.RiH6785and myflaxוּפִשְׁתִּ֔יu.fish.TiH6593, myoilשַׁמְנִ֖יsham.NiH8081and mydrinkוְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃ve.shi.ku.YaiH8250.

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