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He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. (KJV)

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כְּנַ֗עַןke.Na.'anCanaan

Lemma: כְּנַ֫עַן (ke.na.an) · Strong's: H3667B

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: merchant

Used 5 times. Also: Isaiah 23:8, Ezekiel 16:29, Ezekiel 17:4, Zephaniah 1:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3667B; TAHOT Hosea 12:7 word 1

בְּיָד֛וֹbe.ya.Do[who are] in hand his

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Hosea 12:7 word 2

מֹאזְנֵ֥יmoz.Neiscales of

Lemma: מֹאזֵן (mo.zen) · Strong's: H3976

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)

Meaning: balance

Used 15 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Job 6:2, Job 31:6, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3976; TAHOT Hosea 12:7 word 3

מִרְמָ֖הmir.Mahdeceit

Lemma: מִרְמָה (mir.mah) · Strong's: H4820

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: deceit

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 27:35, Genesis 34:13, 2 Kings 9:23, Job 15:35, Job 31:5, Psalms 5:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4820; TAHOT Hosea 12:7 word 4

לַעֲשֹׁ֥קla.'a.Shokto defraud

Lemma: עָשַׁק (a.shaq) · Strong's: H6231

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to oppress

Used 36 times. Also: Leviticus 6:2, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:14, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6231; TAHOT Hosea 12:7 word 5

אָהֵֽב\׃'a.Hevhe loves

Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to love: lover

Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Hosea 12:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

A merchant	→	כְּנַ֫עַן H3667B merchant
loves	→	אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover
to defraud	→	עָשַׁק H6231 to oppress
with dishonest	→	מִרְמָה H4820 deceit
scales	→	מֹאזֵן H3976 balance
in his hands	→	יָד H3027G hand

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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