Hosea 6:10

In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

Hosea 6:10

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

בְּבֵית֙be.Veit“in [the] house of”
Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004M
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'El“Israel”
Noun, proper name of a place · from יִשְׂרָאֵל · “Israel” · Strong's H3478
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.ti“I have seen”
Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑הsha.'a.ri.ri.yah“a horrible [thing]”
Adjective, feminine, singular, absolute · from שַׁעֲרִירִיָּה · “horror” · Strong's H8186B
Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
שָׁ֚םSham“[is] there”
Adverb · from שָׁם · “there” · Strong's H8033G
זְנ֣וּתze.Nut“prostitution”
Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from זְנוּת · “fornication” · Strong's H2184
לְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yim“[belongs] to Ephraim”
Preposition + Noun, proper name of a man · from אֶפְרַ֫יִם · “Ephraim” · Strong's H0669G
נִטְמָ֖אnit.Ma'“it has made itself unclean”
Verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from טָמֵא · “to defile” · Strong's H2930A
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'El“Israel”
Noun, proper name of a place · from יִשְׂרָאֵל · “Israel” · Strong's H3478

Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)