Hebrew Interlinear

Hosea 10:8 Interlinear

shall be destroyed The high places also of Aven the sin of Israel the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars and they shall say to the mountains Cover us and to the hills Fall

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְנִשְׁמְד֞וּH8045shall be destroyedto desolate
2בָּמ֣וֹתH1116The high placesan elevation
3אָ֗וֶןH206also of Avenaven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in coele-syria, one in egypt (on), and one in palestine (bethel)
4חַטַּאת֙H2403the sinan offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
5יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
6ק֣וֹץH6975the thorna thorn
7וְדַרְדַּ֔רH1863and the thistlea thorn
8יַעֲלֶ֖הH5927shall come upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
9עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑םH4196on their altarsan altar
11וְאָמְר֤וּH559and they shall sayto say (used with great latitude)
12לֶֽהָרִים֙H2022to the mountainsa mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
13כַּסּ֔וּנוּH3680Coverproperly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
14וְלַגְּבָע֖וֹתH1389us and to the hillsa hillock
15נִפְל֥וּH5307Fallto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
16עָלֵֽינוּ׃H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Verse Context

Hosea 10:7is cut off As for Samaria her king as the foam upon...
Hosea 10:8 (current)shall be destroyed The high places also of Aven the sin of Israel the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars and they shall say to the mountains Cover us and to the hills Fall
Hosea 10:9from the days in Gibeah thou hast sinned O Israel there they stood...

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