Hosea 13:2:19Hos.13.2.W19TAB

יִשָּׁק֔וּן׃

yishakun

they kiss

Transliteration
yi-sha-KUN
Extended
yih-shah-KOON
IPA
/jiʃ.ʃɔːˈquːn/

Meaning by language

English
they kiss

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Result
יִ + שָּׁ + ק֔וּן׃
yi + sha + kun
yishakun

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    yi-sha-KUN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN

  3. clause

    HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN

  4. 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 clause hem omrim {הֵם אֹמְרִים | hēm ʾō-mə-rîm} introduces reported speech, and the participle zovkhei adam yishshakun {זֹבְחֵי אָדָם יִשָּׁקֽוּן | zōv-ḥê ʾā-dām yiš-šā-qûn} functions as a slogan: ‘Those who sacrifice humans kiss calves,’ with the imperfect used jussively within the quotation to convey communal acclamation.

In contextHosea 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 13:2:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Hosea 13:2, so the Hebrew word יִשָּׁק֔וּן׃ (yishakun) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.2.W19.S1) and character.