Hosea 4:11 Go deeper
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Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. (KJV)
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זְנ֛וּתze.Nutprostitution
Lemma: זְנוּת (ze.nut) · Strong's: H2184
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: fornication
Used 9 times. Also: Numbers 14:33, Jeremiah 3:2, Jeremiah 3:9, Jeremiah 13:27, Ezekiel 23:27, Ezekiel 43:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2184; TAHOT Hosea 4:11 word 1
וְיַ֥יִןve.Ya.yinand wine
Lemma: יַ֫יִן (ya.yin) · Strong's: H3196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wine
Used 141 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3196; TAHOT Hosea 4:11 word 2
וְתִיר֖וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshand new wine
Lemma: תִּירוֹשׁ (ti.rosh) · Strong's: H8492
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: new wine
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:37, Numbers 18:12, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8492; TAHOT Hosea 4:11 word 3
יִֽקַּֽח\־yi.kach-it takes away
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Hosea 4:11 word 4
לֵֽב\׃Lev[the] heart
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Hosea 4:11 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| to promiscuity | → | זְנוּת H2184 fornication |
| wine | → | יַ֫יִן H3196 wine |
| and new wine | → | תִּירוֹשׁ H8492 new wine |
| which take away | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| understanding | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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