Hosea 6:5

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
Hosea 6:5
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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)

עַל־כֵּ֗ן חָצַ֙בְתִּי֙ בַּנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲרַגְתִּ֖ים בְּאִמְרֵי־פִ֑י וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ א֥וֹר יֵצֵֽא׃

  1. עַל־'al-“there-”
    Preposition · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  2. כֵּ֗ןKen“-fore”
    Adverb · from כֵּן · “so” · Strong's H3651C
  3. חָצַ֙בְתִּי֙cha.Tzav.ti“I will cut [them] in pieces”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from חָצַב · “to hew” · Strong's H2672
  4. בַּנְּבִיאִ֔יםba.ne.vi.'Im“by the prophets”
    Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from נָבִיא · “prophet” · Strong's H5030
  5. הֲרַגְתִּ֖יםha.rag.Tim“I will kill them”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from הָרַג · “to kill” · Strong's H2026
  6. בְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-“by [the] words of”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from אֵמֶר · “word” · Strong's H0561
  7. פִ֑יFi“mouth my”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from פֶּה · “lip” · Strong's H6310G
  8. וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָu.mish.pa.Tei.kha“and judgments your”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from מִשְׁפָּט · “judgement” · Strong's H4941G
  9. א֥וֹר'or“[is] light”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אוֹר · “light” · Strong's H0216
  10. יֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'“[which] it goes forth”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from יָצָא · “come” · Strong's H3318G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)