Hebrew Interlinear

Hosea 10:4 Interlinear

They have spoken words swearing falsely in making a covenant springeth up as hemlock thus judgment in the furrows of the field

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1דִּבְּר֣וּH1696They have spokenperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
2דְבָרִ֔יםH1697wordsa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
3אָל֥וֹתH422swearingproperly, to adjure, i.e., (usually in a bad sense) imprecate
4שָׁ֖וְאH7723falselyevil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
5כָּרֹ֣תH3772in makingto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
6בְּרִ֑יתH1285a covenanta compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
7וּפָרַ֤חH6524springeth upto break forth as a bud, i.e., bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
8כָּרֹאשׁ֙H7219as hemlocka poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
9מִשְׁפָּ֔טH4941thus judgmentproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
10עַ֖לH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11תַּלְמֵ֥יH8525in the furrowsa bank or terrace
12שָׂדָֽי׃H7704of the fielda field (as flat)

Verse Context

Hosea 10:3 For now they shall say We have no king ...
Hosea 10:4 (current)They have spoken words swearing falsely in making a covenant springeth up as hemlock thus judgment in the furrows of the field
Hosea 10:5because of the calves of Bethaven shall fear The inhabitants of Samaria...

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