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Hosea 7:4

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

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כֻּלָּם֙kulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔יםmenaafimcommit adulteryנָאַףverb, piel, participle, absolute — “commit adultery”, a verb used as a describing wordH5003to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatizeadulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.כְּמ֣וֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.תַנּ֔וּרtanurfurnaceתַּנּוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “furnace”, the ordinary formH8574a fire-potfurnace, oven.בֹּעֵ֖רָהboerahbe brutishבָּעַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “be brutish”, a verb used as a describing wordH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.מֵֽאֹפֶ֑הmeofehfrom bakeאָפָהpreposition, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “from bake”, a verb used as a describing wordH644to cook, especially to bakebake(-r, (-meats)).יִשְׁבּ֣וֹתyishbotceaseשָׁבַתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cease”, an unfinished actionH7673to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)(cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.מֵעִ֔ירmeirwakeעוּרverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “wake”, a verb used as a describing wordH5782to wake (literally or figuratively)(a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).מִלּ֥וּשׁmilushfrom kneadלוּשׁpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “from knead”, the to-form of the verbH3888to kneadknead.בָּצֵ֖קbatseqdoughבָּצֵקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dough”, the ordinary formH1217dough (as swelling by fermentation)dough, flour.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.חֻמְצָתֽוֹchumtsatvobe grievedחָמֵץverb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be grieved”, the to-form of the verbH2556to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth to stir from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire , from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.

Young’s Literal Translation

All of them [are] adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

World English Bible

They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

Darby Translation

They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

Douay-Rheims

They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker: the city rested a little from the mingling of the leaven, till the whole was leavened.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth to stir from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They are all adulterers, as an oven glowing with flame for hot-baking, on account of the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πάντες μοιχεύοντες ὡς κλίβανος καιόμενος εἰς πέψιν κατακαύματος ἀπὸ τῆς φλογὸς, ἀπὸ φυράσεως στέατος, ἕως τοῦ ζυμωθῆναι αὐτό.