Hosea 8:11

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Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.	Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.	I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Because Ephraim^H669 hath made many^H7235 altars^H4196 to sin^H2398, altars^H4196 shall be unto him to sin^H2398.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־הִרְבָּה אֶפְרַיִם מִזְבְּחֹת לַחֲטֹא הָיוּ־לֹו מִזְבְּחֹות לַחֲטֹא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
הִרְבָּ֥ה	hir.Bah	H7235	HVhp3ms	he has multiplied
אֶפְרַ֛יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	H669	HNp	Ephraim
מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת	miz.be.Chot	H4196	HNcmpa	altars
לַ/חֲטֹ֑א	la./cha.To'	H2398	HR/Vqc	for/ sinning
הָיוּ	ha.yu-	H1961	HVqp3cp	they have become
ל֥/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
מִזְבְּח֖וֹת	miz.be.Chot	H4196	HNcmpa	altars
לַ/חֲטֹֽא	la./cha.To'	H2398	HR/Vqc	for/ sinning

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H669 — אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim): dual of masculine form of אֶפְרָת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.
H2398 — חָטָא (châṭâʼ, khaw-taw'): a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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