9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 6:9:1 ⧉וּכְחַכֵּ֨יukhekhakeand like those lying-in-wait Hosea 6:9:2 ⧉אִ֜ישׁisha man Hosea 6:9:3 ⧉גְּדוּדִ֗יםgedudimbands or raiding-parties Hosea 6:9:4 ⧉חֶ֚בֶרkhevera company Hosea 6:9:5 ⧉כֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםkohanimof priests Hosea 6:9:6 ⧉דֶּ֖רֶךְderekha way or road Hosea 6:9:7 ⧉יְרַצְּחוּ־שֶׁ֑כְמָהyeratskhushekhmathey murder, toward Shechem Hosea 6:9:8 ⧉כִּ֥יkifor Hosea 6:9:9 ⧉זִמָּ֖הzimaa wicked plan Hosea 6:9:10 ⧉עָשֽׂוּ׃asuthey have done |
9. Formal Translation And like marauders lying in ambush for a man, so the company of priests murders along the road toward Shechem, for they have done outrage. |
9. Dynamic Translation Like robbers who wait to attack someone, the priests band together to murder on the road to Shechem, because they have done a shameful deed. |