Hebrew Interlinear

Hosea 7:4 Interlinear

They are all adulterers as an oven heated by the baker who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough until it be leavened

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כֻּלָּם֙H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔יםH5003They are all adulterersto commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
3כְּמ֣וֹH3644as, thus, so
4תַנּ֔וּרH8574as an ovena fire-pot
5בֹּעֵ֖רָהH1197heatedto be(-come) brutish
6מֵֽאֹפֶ֑הH644by the bakerto cook, especially to bake
7יִשְׁבּ֣וֹתH7673who ceasethto repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
8מֵעִ֔ירH5782from raisingto wake (literally or figuratively)
9מִלּ֥וּשׁH3888after he hath kneadedto knead
10בָּצֵ֖קH1217the doughdough (as swelling by fermentation)
11עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
12חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃H2556until it be leavenedto be pungent; i.e., in taste (sour, i.e., literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)

Verse Context

Hosea 7:3with their wickedness glad They make the king with their lies and the princes...
Hosea 7:4 (current) They are all adulterers as an oven heated by the baker who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough until it be leavened
Hosea 7:5In the day of our king have made him sick the princes with bottles of wine...

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