Hosea 7:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.”
עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
חָמֵץ
is leavened/ it
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חָמֵץ
to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)
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שָׁבַת
who he ceases
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שָׁבַת
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
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כֹּל
all of/ them
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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בָּעַר
burning
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בָּעַר
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
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כְּמוֹ
like
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כְּמוֹ
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
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נָאַף
are adulterers
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נָאַף
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
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עוּר
stirring up
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עוּר
to wake (literally or figuratively)
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בָּצֵק
the dough
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בָּצֵק
dough (as swelling by fermentation)
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תַּנּוּר
an oven
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תַּנּוּר
a fire-pot
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