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Hosea 8:9 Interlinear

“ For they are gone up to Assyria a wild ass alone by himself Ephraim hath hired lovers”

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Hosea 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	הֵ֙מָּה֙	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
3	עָל֣וּ	H5927	For they are gone up	to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
4	אַשּׁ֔וּר	H804	to Assyria	ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
5	פֶּ֖רֶא	H6501	a wild ass	the onager
6	בּוֹדֵ֣ד	H909	alone	to divide, i.e., (reflexive) be solitary
7	ל֑וֹ	H0
8	אֶפְרַ֖יִם	H669	by himself Ephraim	ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
9	הִתְנ֥וּ	H8566	hath hired	to present (a mercenary inducement), i.e., bargain with (a harlot)
10	אֲהָבִֽים׃	H158	lovers	affection (in a good or a bad sense)

Hosea 8:9 (current) For they are gone up to Assyria a wild ass alone by himself Ephraim hath hired lovers