King James Version

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

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כְּדַבֵּ֤רkedaberas speakדָבַרpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct — “as speak”, the to-form of the verbH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙efrayimEphraimאֶפְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Ephraim”H669Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryEphraim, Ephraimites.רְתֵ֔תretettrembling.רְתֵתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “trembling.”, the ordinary formH7578terrortrembling. �נָשָׂ֥אnasalift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “lift up”, a completed actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…ה֖וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbeyisraelin Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥םvayeshamand be desolateאָשַׁםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be desolate”, the next action in the storyH816to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish[idiom] certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, [idiom] greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.בַּבַּ֖עַלbabaalin Baalבַּעַלpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “in Baal”H1168Baal, a Phoenician deityBaal, (plural) Baalim.וַיָּמֹֽתvayamotand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

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American Standard Version (1901)

When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

Young’s Literal Translation

When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

World English Bible

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

Darby Translation

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.

Douay-Rheims

When Ephraim spoke, a horror seized Israel: and he sinned in Baal and died.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

According to the word of Ephraim he adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal, and died.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατὰ τὸν λόγον Ἐφραὶμ δικαιώματα ἔλαβεν αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἔθετο αὐτὰ τῇ Βάαλ καὶ ἀπέθανε.