Hoseachapter 12
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Original Language
Hosea 12— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Hosea 12. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
Read here as the Haftarah
- Hosea 12:13 to 14:10, with the portion Vayetzei (Genesis 28:10 to 32:3).
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
5 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 5 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Jacob wrestled with the angel — now turn to your God1
Hosea 12:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 12:1
has surrounded Me Ephraim and the house of Israel have already surrounded Me with lies and deceit, i.e., the kings of the Ten Tribes and all the people, but Judah still.. rules with God Still rules with fear of God. rules Heb. רָד. Comp.
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Hosea 12:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 12:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 12:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 12:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 12:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
A merchant with false balances who loves to oppress7
Hosea 12:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 12:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 12:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Prophets sent, and Ephraim's bitter provocation10
Hosea 12:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 12:10
I will yet make you dwell in tents I will cut off from your midst deceitful traffickers, and I will cause you to dwell in tents. I will set up from among you students engaging in the Torah.
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Hosea 12:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 12:11
And I spoke to the prophets to admonish you and to bring you back to do good.
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Hosea 12:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 12:12
If there is violence in Gilead If they suffered from destruction and violence, they caused it to themselves, for they were but vanity in Gilgal, and they sacrificed oxen to pagan deities.
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Hosea 12:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Hosea 12:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Hosea 12:14
And, through a prophet, the Lord brought up etc. And, insofar as you disgrace the prophets and mock their words, is it not so that through a prophet God brought us etc.?
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