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They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD , neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD . (KJV)
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לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 1
יִסְּכ֨וּyi.se.Khuthey will pour out
Lemma: נָסַךְ (na.sakh) · Strong's: H5258A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to pour
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 35:14, Exodus 25:29, Exodus 30:9, Exodus 37:16, Numbers 28:7, 2 Samuel 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5258A; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 2
לַיהוָ֥ה\׀la.Yah.wehto Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 3
יַיִן֮ya.Yinwine
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 9:4 word 4
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 5
יֶֽעֶרְבוּ\־ye.'er.vu-they will be pleasing
Lemma: עָרַב (a.rev) · Strong's: H6149
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to please
Used 8 times. Also: Psalms 104:34, Proverbs 3:24, Proverbs 13:19, Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 31:26, Ezekiel 16:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6149; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 6
זִבְחֵיהֶ֗םziv.chei.Hemsacrifices their
Lemma: זֶ֫בַח (ze.vach) · Strong's: H2077
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: sacrifice
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 31:54, Genesis 46:1, Exodus 10:25, Exodus 12:27, Exodus 18:12, Exodus 23:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2077; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 7
כְּלֶ֤חֶםke.Le.chem[will be] like bread of
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: food: bread
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 8
אוֹנִים֙'o.Nimmourning<s>
Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: evil: trouble
Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:14, Job 5:6, Psalms 90:10, Proverbs 12:21, Proverbs 22:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0205H; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 9
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 10
אֹכְלָ֖יו'o.khe.Lav[those who] eat it
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 11
יִטַמָּ֑אוּyi.ta.Ma.'uthey will make themselves unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVti3mp)
Meaning: to defile
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 12
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 13
לַחְמָ֣םlach.Mambread their
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: food: bread
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 14
לְנַפְשָׁ֔םle.naf.Sham[will be] for self their
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: appetite
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 23:8, Exodus 15:9, Numbers 11:6, Deuteronomy 12:20, Deuteronomy 14:26, Deuteronomy 18:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315L; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 15
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 16
יָב֖וֹאya.Vo'it will go
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 17
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004Q
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: temple
Used 398 times. Also: Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 23:18, Joshua 6:24, Joshua 9:23, Judges 9:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004Q; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 18
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Hosea 9:4 word 19
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| pour out | → | נָסַךְ H5258A to pour |
| wine [offerings] | → | יַ֫יִן H3196 wine |
| to the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| and their sacrifices | → | זֶ֫בַח H2077 sacrifice |
| will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| please | → | עָרַב H6149 to please |
| Him | → | |
| [but will be] to them | → | |
| like the bread | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| of mourners | → | אָ֫וֶן H0205H evil: trouble |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| who eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| will be defiled | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| their bread | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| [will be] for themselves | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315L soul: appetite |
| it will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| enter | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004Q house: temple |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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