Hosea 6:8 Go deeper

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. (KJV)

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גִּלְעָ֕דgil.'AdGilead

Lemma: גִּלְעָד (gil.ad) · Strong's: H1568G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Gilead

Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 31:25, Genesis 37:25, Numbers 32:1, Numbers 32:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1568G; TAHOT Hosea 6:8 word 1

קִרְיַ֖תkir.Yat[is] a town of

Lemma: קִרְיָה (qir.yah) · Strong's: H7151

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: town

Used 29 times. Also: Numbers 21:28, Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 3:4, 1 Kings 1:41, 1 Kings 1:45, Job 39:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7151; TAHOT Hosea 6:8 word 2

פֹּ֣עֲלֵיPo.'a.leidoers of

Lemma: פָּעַל (pa.al) · Strong's: H6466

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to work

Used 57 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 32:27, Job 7:20, Job 11:8, Job 22:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6466; TAHOT Hosea 6:8 word 3

אָ֑וֶן'A.venwickedness

Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: evil: wickedness

Used 66 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:23, Job 4:8, Job 11:11, Job 11:14, Job 15:35, Job 21:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0205G; TAHOT Hosea 6:8 word 4

עֲקֻבָּ֖ה'a.ku.Bahtracked

Lemma: עָקֹב (a.qov) · Strong's: H6121A

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

Meaning: insidious

Used 2 times. Also: Jeremiah 17:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6121A; TAHOT Hosea 6:8 word 5

מִדָּֽם\׃mi.Damfrom blood

Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: blood

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Hosea 6:8 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Gilead	→	גִּלְעָד H1568G Gilead
is a city	→	קִרְיָה H7151 town
of evildoers	→	פָּעַל H6466 to work
. . .	→	אָ֫וֶן H0205G evil: wickedness
tracked with footprints	→	עָקֹב H6121A insidious
of blood	→	דָּם H1818 blood

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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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