Hosea 8:4
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.”
כָּרַת
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
עָשָׂה
they have made
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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כֶּסֶף
silver/ their
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כֶּסֶף
Silver, money. Keseph. Come buy without money and without price. The most valuable things God offers cannot be purchased. They are received by faith.
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יָדַע
I knew
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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מַעַן
so that
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מַעַן
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
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מָלַךְ
they have made kings
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מָלַךְ
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
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מִן
from/ me
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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שׂוּר
they have installed leaders
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שׂוּר
they have installed leaders
properly, to vanquish; by implication, to rule (causatively, crown)
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עָצָב
idols
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עָצָב
an (idolatrous) image
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