Hosea 2:5
For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’This verse in the real world
In what words
- צֶמֶרtsemerwool
- פִּשְׁתֶּהpishtehlinen (i.e. the thread, as carded)
- הָרָהhârâhto be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshto be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither
- זָנָהzânâhto commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of
- שֶׁמֶןshemengrease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
- אָהַבʼâhabto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- אֵםʼêma mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (li
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 44:17–18, Hos 2:8, Isa 1:21, Hos 3:1, Hos 2:12–13, Jer 3:1–9, Isa 50:1, Rev 2:20–23