Hosea 9:4

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD."

Word-by-Word Analysis

They shall not

קָרַב

qârab

H7126

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

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יַיִן

yayin

H3196

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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עֹלָה

ʻôlâh

H5930

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

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to the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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לֹא

lôʼ

H3808

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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shall they be

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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unto him their

זֶבַח

zebach

H2077

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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shall be unto them as the

לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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of

סָפַד

çâphad

H5594

properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail

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all that

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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shall be

חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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for their

לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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for their

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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shall not

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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into the

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Key Terms in This Verse

mourners H5594

סָפַד çâphad

properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail

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pleasing H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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polluted H2490

חָלַל châlal

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

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sacrifices H2077

זֶבַח zebach

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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wine H3196

יַיִן yayin

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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offer H7126

קָרַב qârab

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

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offerings H5930

עֹלָה ʻôlâh

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

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bread H3899

לֶחֶם lechem

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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bread H3899

לֶחֶם lechem

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:14 cross-reference

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and ha...

Hosea 8:13 cross-reference

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

Jeremiah 6:20 cross-reference

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Hosea 3:4 cross-reference

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Ezekiel 24:17 cross-reference

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Joel 2:14 cross-reference

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

Amos 5:22 cross-reference

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Leviticus 17:11 cross-reference

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Leviticus 21:17 cross-reference

Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

Leviticus 21:8 cross-reference

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.

Leviticus 21:21 cross-reference

No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

Isaiah 57:6 cross-reference

Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

John 6:51 cross-reference

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Ezekiel 24:22 cross-reference

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

Exodus 40:23 cross-reference

And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Malachi 2:13 cross-reference

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your ...

Leviticus 21:6 cross-reference

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

Numbers 28:2 cross-reference

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

Isaiah 66:3 cross-reference

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he...

Joel 1:13 cross-reference

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the ...

Numbers 19:11 cross-reference

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 4:7 cross-reference

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

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