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Hosea 8:4 Interlinear

“ They have set up kings and I knew it not of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cut off”

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Hosea 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	הֵ֤ם	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
2	הִמְלִיכוּ֙	H4427	They have set up kings	to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel
3	וְלֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
4	מִמֶּ֔נִּי	H4480		properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
5	הֵשִׂ֖ירוּ	H8323		to have (transitively, exercise; reflexively, get) dominion
6	וְלֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7	יָדָ֑עְתִּי	H3045	and I knew	to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
8	כַּסְפָּ֣ם	H3701	it not of their silver	silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
9	וּזְהָבָ֗ם	H2091	and their gold	gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
10	עָשׂ֤וּ	H6213	have they made	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
11	לָהֶם֙	H0
12	עֲצַבִּ֔ים	H6091	them idols	an (idolatrous) image
13	לְמַ֖עַן	H4616		properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
14	יִכָּרֵֽת׃	H3772	that they may be cut off	to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt

Hosea 8:4 (current) They have set up kings and I knew it not of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cut off