King James Version

Hosea 8:12

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

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אכתובkhtvvdescribeכָּתַבverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “describe”, an unfinished actionH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).אֶ֨כְתָּבekhtavdescribeכָּתַבverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “describe”, an unfinished actionH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).ל֔וֹlvoto describeכָּתַבpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to describe”H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).רבוrvvgreat thingsרִבּוֹnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “great things”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7239a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large numbergreat things, ten ((eight) -een, (for) -ty, [phrase] sixscore, [phrase] threescore, [idiom] twenty, (twen) -ty) thousand.רֻבֵּ֖יrubeabundanceרֹבnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “abundance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7230abundance (in any respect)abundance(-antly), all, [idiom] common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), [idiom] very (age).תּֽוֹרָתִ֑יtoratilawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.כְּמוֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “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.זָ֖רzarstrangeזוּרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, 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).נֶחְשָֽׁבוּnechshavvregardחָשַׁבverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “regard”, a completed actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Though I write for him never so many things of My Law, they are accounted as a stranger's.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.

Young’s Literal Translation

I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

World English Bible

I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Darby Translation

I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.

Douay-Rheims

I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Though I write for him never so many things of My Law, they are accounted as a stranger's.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will write down a multitude of commands for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, even the beloved altars.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καταγράψω αὐτῷ πλῆθος, καὶ τὰ νόμιμα αὐτοῦ εἰς ἀλλότρια ἐλογίσθησαν, θυσιαστήρια τὰ ἠγαπημένα.