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Hosea 8:12

Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
Hosea 8:12
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Original language (Hebrew)

אֶ֨כְתָּב ל֔וֹ רֻבֵּ֖י תּֽוֹרָתִ֑י כְּמוֹ־זָ֖ר נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃

  1. אֶ֨כְתָּב'e.kh.tov-“I wrote”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular · from כָּתַב · “to write” · Strong's H3789
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  2. ל֔וֹlo“for him”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from כָּתַב · “to write” · Strong's H3789
  3. רֻבֵּ֖יri.bov“[the] numerous things of”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from רֹב · “abundance” · Strong's H7230
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  4. תּֽוֹרָתִ֑יto.ra.Ti“law my”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from תּוֹרָה · “instruction” · Strong's H8451
  5. כְּמוֹ־ke.mov-“like”
    Preposition · from כְּמוֹ · “like” · Strong's H3644G
  6. זָ֖רzar“a strange [thing]”
    Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from זוּר · “be a stranger” · Strong's H2114A
  7. נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃nech.Sha.vu“they are regarded”
    Verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from חָשַׁב · “count” · Strong's H2803H
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)