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כִּ֣יFor
אָמְרָ֗ה she thought , ’ā·mə·rāh
אֵלְכָ֞ה‘ I will go’ê·lə·ḵāh
אַחֲרֵ֤יafter’a·ḥă·rê
מְאַהֲבַי֙ my lovers , mə·’a·hă·ḇay
נֹתְנֵ֤יwho give menō·ṯə·nê
לַחְמִי֙breadlaḥ·mî
וּמֵימַ֔י and water , ū·mê·may
צַמְרִ֣יwoolṣam·rî
וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י and linen , ū·p̄iš·tî
שַׁמְנִ֖יoilšam·nî
וְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃and drink . ’wə·šiq·qū·yāy
Hosea 2:6לָכֵ֛ן Therefore , lā·ḵên
הִנְנִי־ behold , hin·nî-
שָׂ֥ךְI will hedge upśāḵ
אֶת־her’eṯ-
דַּרְכֵּ֖ךְpathdar·kêḵ
בַּסִּירִ֑יםwith thorns ;bas·sî·rîm
וְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙I will enclose her with a wallwə·ḡā·ḏar·tî
אֶת־-’eṯ-
גְּדֵרָ֔הּ - , gə·ḏê·rāh
לֹ֥אso she cannot
תִמְצָֽא׃findṯim·ṣā
וּנְתִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָher way .ū·nə·ṯî·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā
Hosea 2:7וְרִדְּפָ֤הShe will pursuewə·rid·də·p̄āh
אֶת־-’eṯ-
מְאַהֲבֶ֙יהָ֙her loversmə·’a·hă·ḇe·hā
וְלֹֽא־but notwə·lō-
תַשִּׂ֣יגcatchṯaś·śîḡ
אֹתָ֔םthem ;’ō·ṯām
וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַםshe will seek themū·ḇiq·šā·ṯam
וְלֹ֣אbut notwə·lō
תִמְצָ֑אfind them .ṯim·ṣā
וְאָמְרָ֗ה Then she will say , wə·’ā·mə·rāh
אֵלְכָ֤ה. . .’ê·lə·ḵāh
וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙‘ I will returnwə·’ā·šū·ḇāh
אֶל־to’el-
הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןmy firsthā·ri·šō·wn
אִישִׁ֣י husband , ’î·šî
כִּ֣יfor
אָ֖זthen’āz
ט֥וֹבI was better offṭō·wḇ
לִ֛י. . .
מֵעָֽתָּה׃than now . ’mê·‘āt·tāh
Hosea 2:8וְהִיא֙For shewə·hî
לֹ֣אdoes not
יָֽדְעָ֔הacknowledgeyā·ḏə·‘āh
כִּ֤יthat
אָֽנֹכִי֙it was I’ā·nō·ḵî
נָתַ֣תִּיwho gavenā·ṯat·tî
לָ֔הּherlāh
הַדָּגָ֖ן grain , had·dā·ḡān
וְהַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ new wine , wə·hat·tî·rō·wōš
וְהַיִּצְהָ֑ר and oil , wə·hay·yiṣ·hār
הִרְבֵּ֥יתִיwho lavishedhir·bê·ṯî
לָ֛הּon herlāh
וְכֶ֨סֶףsilverwə·ḵe·sep̄
וְזָהָ֖בand gold —wə·zā·hāḇ
עָשׂ֥וּwhich they crafted‘ā·śū
לַבָּֽעַל׃for Baal .lab·bā·‘al
Hosea 2:9לָכֵ֣ןThereforelā·ḵên
אָשׁ֔וּבI will take back’ā·šūḇ
וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י. . .wə·lā·qaḥ·tî
דְגָנִי֙My grainḏə·ḡā·nî
בְּעִתּ֔וֹin its timebə·‘it·tōw
וְתִירוֹשִׁ֖יand My new winewə·ṯî·rō·wō·šî
בְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹin its season ;bə·mō·w·‘ă·ḏōw
וְהִצַּלְתִּי֙I will take awaywə·hiṣ·ṣal·tî
צַמְרִ֣יMy woolṣam·rî
וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י and linen , ū·p̄iš·tî
לְכַסּ֖וֹתwhich were [given] to coverlə·ḵas·sō·wṯ
אֶת־-’eṯ-
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃her nakedness .‘er·wā·ṯāh
Hosea 2:10וְעַתָּ֛הAnd thenwə·‘at·tāh
אֲגַלֶּ֥הI will expose’ă·ḡal·leh
אֶת־-’eṯ-
נַבְלֻתָ֖הּher lewdnessnaḇ·lu·ṯāh
לְעֵינֵ֣יin the sightlə·‘ê·nê
מְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָ of her lovers , mə·’a·hă·ḇe·hā
לֹֽא־and nolō-
וְאִ֖ישׁonewə·’îš
יַצִּילֶ֥נָּהwill deliver heryaṣ·ṣî·len·nāh
מִיָּדִֽי׃out of My hands .mî·yā·ḏî