King James Version

Hosea 6:7

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

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וְהֵ֕מָּהvehemahand theyהֵםconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.כְּאָדָ֖םkeadamas Adamאָדָםpreposition, noun, proper name — “as Adam”H121Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in PalestineAdam.עָבְר֣וּavervalienateעָבַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “alienate”, a completed actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…בְרִ֑יתveritconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.שָׁ֖םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.בָּ֥גְדוּbagedvdeal 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.בִֽיviinבִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.

World English Bible

But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.

Darby Translation

But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Douay-Rheims

But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But they are as a man transgressing a covenant:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὐτοὶ δέ εἰσιν ὡς ἄνθρωπος παραβαίνων διαθήκην· ἐκεῖ κατεφρόνησέ μου Γαλαὰδ πόλις,