Hosea 13:2:11Hos.13.2.W11TAB
חָרָשִׁ֖ים
kharashim
“of craftsmen”
- Transliteration
- kha-ra-SHIM
- Extended
- khaa-rah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ħaːrɔːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of craftsmen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ra-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM
- clause
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
Exegesis
The appositional sequence atsabbim ma`ase charashim {עֲצַבִּים מַעֲשֵׂה חָרָשִׁים | ʿa-tsab-bîm ma-ʿă-śê ḥā-rā-šîm} (‘idols—the work of craftsmen’) underscores their human craft.
In context — Hosea 13:2
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.”
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Hosea 13:2, so the Hebrew word חָרָשִׁ֖ים (kharashim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Hos.13.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.2.W11.S1) and character.