2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 13:2:1 ⧉וְעַתָּ֣הveataand now Hosea 13:2:2 ⧉פֹּֽסִ֔פוּposifuthey have added or continued Hosea 13:2:3 ⧉לַחֲטֹ֖אlakhatoto sin Hosea 13:2:4 ⧉וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּvayaasuand they made Hosea 13:2:5 ⧉לָהֶ֗םlahemfor themselves Hosea 13:2:6 ⧉מַסֵּכָ֤הmasekhaa cast image Hosea 13:2:7 ⧉מִכַּסְפָּם֙mikaspamfrom their silver Hosea 13:2:8 ⧉כִּתְבוּנָ֣םkitvunamaccording to their understanding or design Hosea 13:2:9 ⧉עֲצַבִּ֔יםatsabimidols Hosea 13:2:10 ⧉מַעֲשֵׂ֥הmaasea work Hosea 13:2:11 ⧉חָרָשִׁ֖יםkharashimof craftsmen Hosea 13:2:12 ⧉כֻּלֹּ֣הkuloall of it Hosea 13:2:13 ⧉לָהֶ֑םlahemfor them Hosea 13:2:14 ⧉הֵ֚םhemthey Hosea 13:2:15 ⧉אֹמְרִ֣יםomerimare saying Hosea 13:2:16 ⧉זֹבְחֵ֤יzovkhethose sacrificing Hosea 13:2:17 ⧉אָדָם֙adama human or mankind Hosea 13:2:18 ⧉עֲגָלִ֣יםagalimcalves Hosea 13:2:19 ⧉יִשָּׁק֔וּן׃yishakunthey kiss |
2. Formal Translation And now they keep adding to sin, and they make for themselves a cast image from their silver, according to their own design—idols, all of it the work of craftsmen. They say, “Let those who sacrifice humans kiss calves.” |
2. Dynamic Translation Even now they sin more and more, making cast idols for themselves out of their silver, shaped to their own liking, all crafted by artisans. People say, “Those who sacrifice humans kiss calves.” |