King James Version
Hosea 11:2 in the King James Version says “As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.”
Hosea 11:2 · KJV
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. take off: Heb. lift up
KJV Study — Public Domain
“As they called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“them so they went”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“from them”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and burned incense”
H6999to smoke, i.e., turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
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