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Hoseachapter 8

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Hosea 8— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Hosea 8. 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

The yearly cycle does not read Hosea 8. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.

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

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 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.

The calf of Samaria — a workman made it, it is no god1

Hosea 8:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אֶל־ʾel-toH413חִכְּךָ֣chikekhamouth yourH2441שֹׁפָ֔רshofara hornH7782כַּנֶּ֖שֶׁרkanesherlike <the> eagleH5404עַל־ʾal-overH5921בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004יְהוָ֑הyahwehYahwehH3068יַ֚עַןyaanbecauseH3282עָבְר֣וּʾaveruthey have transgressedH5674בְרִיתִ֔יveriticovenant myH1285וְעַל־veal-and onH5921תּוֹרָתִ֖יtoratilaw myH8451פָּשָֽׁעוּ׃pashauthey have rebelledH6586

Rashi on Hosea 8:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
To your palate a shophar The Shechinah says to the prophet: Let the voice of your palate be heard, and call like a shophar, and say: You enemies! Fly and hasten as the eagle swoops and come to the house of the Lord.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Many altars for sinning; Israel forgot his Maker11

Hosea 8:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

כִּֽי־ki-forH3588הִרְבָּ֥הhirbahhe has multipliedH7235אֶפְרַ֛יִםʾefrayimEphraimH669מִזְבְּחֹ֖תmizbechotaltarsH4196לַחֲטֹ֑אlachato'for sinningH2398הָיוּ־hayu-they have becomeH1961ל֥וֹloto himמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmizbechotaltarsH4196לַחֲטֹֽא׃lachato'for sinningH2398

Rashi on Hosea 8:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
For Ephraim has increased Therefore, I will humble them with the burden of the king and the princes.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Hosea 8:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אֶ֨כְתָּבʾekhtov-I wroteH3789ל֔וֹlofor himH3789רֻבֵּ֖יribov[the] numerous things ofH7230תּֽוֹרָתִ֑יtoratilaw myH8451כְּמוֹ־kemov-likeH3644זָ֖רzara strange [thing]H2114נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃nechshavuthey are regardedH2803

Rashi on Hosea 8:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
I write for them I constantly reprimand them through My prophets, and write for them the great things of My Law, but they are considered a strange thing.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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