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Hosea 5:7

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

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בַּיהוָ֣הbayhvahin Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בָּגָ֔דוּbagadvdeal deceitfullyבָּגַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “deal deceitfully”, a completed actionH898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillagedeal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…בָנִ֥יםvanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […זָרִ֖יםzarimstrangeזוּרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “strange”, the ordinary formH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).יָלָ֑דוּyaladvbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…עַתָּ֛הatahthis timeעַתָּהadverb — “this time”H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletivehenceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.יֹאכְלֵ֥םyokhlemeatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.חֹ֖דֶשׁchodeshmonthחֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.חֶלְקֵיהֶֽםchelqeyhemflatteryחֵלֶקnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “flattery”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotmentflattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

Young’s Literal Translation

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.

World English Bible

They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

Darby Translation

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.

Douay-Rheims

They have transgressed against the Lord, for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὅτι τὸν Κύριον ἐγκατέλιπον, ὅτι τέκνα ἀλλότρια ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖς· νῦν καταφάγεται αὐτοὺς ἡ ἐρυσίβη, καὶ τοὺς κλήρους αὐτῶν.