King James Version

Hosea 7:3

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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בְּרָעָתָ֖םberaatamin badרַעpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in bad”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…יְשַׂמְּחוּyesamchvbe gladשָׂמַחverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be glad”, an unfinished actionH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.מֶ֑לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖םuvekhachasheyhemand in leannessכַּחַשׁconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and in leanness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3585literally a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisyleanness, lies, lying.שָׂרִֽיםsarimcaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “captain”, the ordinary formH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)