Hosea 6:9
"And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And as troops of robbers wait for a man,.... As a gang of highwaymen or footpads lie in wait in a ditch, or under a hedge, or in a cave of a rock or mountain, for a man they know will come by that way, who is full of money, in order to rob him; or, as Saadiah interprets it, as fishermen

stand upon the banks of a river, and cast in their hooks to draw out the fish; and to the same purpose is Jarchi's note from R. Meir: so the company of priests murder in the way by consent; not only encourage murderers, and commit murders within the city, but go out in a body together upon the highway, and there commit murders and robberies, and divide the spoil among them; all which they did unanimously, and were well agreed, being brethren in iniquity, as well as in office: or, "in the way of Shechem" (e); as good people passed by Gilead to Shechem, and so to Jerusalem, to worship there at the solemn feasts, they lay in wait for them, and murdered them; because they did not give into the idolatrous worship of the calves at Dan and Bethel: or, "in the manner of Shechem" (f); that is, they murdered men in a deceitful treacherous manner, as the Shechemites were murdered by Simeon and Levi: Joseph Kimchi interprets this of the princes and great men, so the word "cohanim" is sometimes used; but the context seems to carry it to the priests: for they commit lewdness; or "enormity"; the most enormous crimes, and that purposely, with deliberation devising and contriving them. (e) "Sichemam versus", Gussetius, Schmidt; approved by Reinbeck. De Accent. Heb. p. 442. "qua itur Sichem", Tigurine version; "qua via ad Shechemum factum occidunt", Junius & Tremellius; "quae ducit ad Sichermum", Piscator. So Abendana. (f) "Sicemice", so some in Drusius.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (11 words)

H2442 חָכָה
Definition:

18; withלְwaiting for him(׳י).Pi`elחִכָּהJob 32:4;חִכְּתָהPsalm 33:20;חִכִּיתִיIsaiah 8:17;חִכּוּPsalm 106:13;חִכִּינוּ2 Kings 7:9;ImperfectיְחַכֶּהIsaiah 30:18;תְּחַכֶּה2 Kings 9:3;ImperativeחַכֵּהֿH 18; withלְwaiting for him(׳י).Pi`elחִכָּהJob 32:4;חִכְּתָהPsalm 33:20;חִכִּיתִיIsaiah 8:17;חִכּוּPsalm 106:13;חִכִּינוּ2 Kings 7:9;ImperfectיְחַכֶּהIsaiah 30:18;תְּחַכֶּה2 Kings 9:3;ImperativeחַכֵּהֿH

Possible Meanings:
  • hook (semantic_range)
  • fish-hook (semantic_range)
H0376 אִישׁ
Definition:

23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ 23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ

Possible Meanings:
  • man (semantic_range)
H1416 גְּדוּד
Definition:

19band, troop(asmaking inroads; others, as adivision, detachment(as severed), but this usually later in Hebrew) —׳גabsolute1 Samuel 30:819t.; construct 2 Chronicles 25:9; pluralגְּדוּדִים2 Samuel 4:22 19band, troop(asmaking inroads; others, as adivision, detachment(as severed), but this usually later in Hebrew) —׳גabsolute1 Samuel 30:819t.; construct 2 Chronicles 25:9; pluralגְּדוּדִים2 Samuel 4:22

Possible Meanings:
  • furrow (semantic_range)
  • cutting (semantic_range)
  • furrow (semantic_range)
  • cuttings (semantic_range)
H2267 חֶבֶר
Definition:

112t.; constructחֶבֶרHosea 6:9; pluralחֲבָרִיםPsalm 58:6, suffixחֲבָרַיִךְIsaiah 47:9,11 —1company, bandof (bad) priestsHosea 6:9.2association, society(abstract), only inבֵּית חָ֑בֶרProverbs 21:9=Prov 112t.; constructחֶבֶרHosea 6:9; pluralחֲבָרִיםPsalm 58:6, suffixחֲבָרַיִךְIsaiah 47:9,11 —1company, bandof (bad) priestsHosea 6:9.2association, society(abstract), only inבֵּית חָ֑בֶרProverbs 21:9=Prov

Possible Meanings:
  • fellow (semantic_range)
  • comrade (semantic_range)
H3548 כֹּהֵן
Definition:

18439t.; pluralכֹּהֲנִיםExodus 19:6272t.; constructכֹּהֲנֵי1 Samuel 5:513t.; suffixכֹּהֲנַיLamentations 1:1922t. suffixes —1priest-king:e.g. MelchizedekGenesis 14:18(E ?), comparePsalm 110:4(the Messi 18439t.; pluralכֹּהֲנִיםExodus 19:6272t.; constructכֹּהֲנֵי1 Samuel 5:513t.; suffixכֹּהֲנַיLamentations 1:1922t. suffixes —1priest-king:e.g. MelchizedekGenesis 14:18(E ?), comparePsalm 110:4(the Messi

H1870 דֶּרֶךְ
Definition:

16& (less often)feminineExodus 18:20way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute׳דGenesis 38:16+;דָּ֑רֶךְGenesis 38:21+; constructדֶּרֶךְGenesis 3:24; suffixדַּרְכִּיGenesis 24:424t. +2 Samuel 22:3 16& (less often)feminineExodus 18:20way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute׳דGenesis 38:16+;דָּ֑רֶךְGenesis 38:21+; constructדֶּרֶךְGenesis 3:24; suffixדַּרְכִּיGenesis 24:424t. +2 Samuel 22:3

H7523 רָצַח
Definition:

27,וּרְצָחוֺDeuteronomy 22:26; 2masculine singular(הֲ)רָצַחְתָּ1 Kings 21:19;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְצַחNumbers 35:30;Deuteronomy 4:42; 2masculine singularתִּרְצָ֑ח (צ־ַחׅExodus 20:13=Deuteron 27,וּרְצָחוֺDeuteronomy 22:26; 2masculine singular(הֲ)רָצַחְתָּ1 Kings 21:19;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְצַחNumbers 35:30;Deuteronomy 4:42; 2masculine singularתִּרְצָ֑ח (צ־ַחׅExodus 20:13=Deuteron

Possible Meanings:
  • shattering (semantic_range)
H7927 שְׁכֶם
Definition:

1district in Northern Palestine(probablyshoulder(saddle ?) of mountain); —׳מְקוֺם שׁGenesis 12:6,שְׁכֶ֑מָךְGenesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם,Hosea 6:9שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ)Joshua 24:1;׳עִיר שׁGenesis 33:1 1district in Northern Palestine(probablyshoulder(saddle ?) of mountain); —׳מְקוֺם שׁGenesis 12:6,שְׁכֶ֑מָךְGenesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם,Hosea 6:9שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ)Joshua 24:1;׳עִיר שׁGenesis 33:1

Possible Meanings:
  • start (semantic_range)
  • rise (semantic_range)
  • early (semantic_range)
H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H2154 זִמָּה
Definition:

1717t.; constructזִמַּתProverbs 24:92t.; suffixזִמָּתֵךְEzekiel 16:58+ 3t.;זִמַּתְכֶ֫נָֿהEzekiel 23:48,49; pluralזמּוֺתIsaiah 32:7, suffixזִמֹּתַיJob 17:11; —1plan, purposeJob 17:3; elsewhere always2i 1717t.; constructזִמַּתProverbs 24:92t.; suffixזִמָּתֵךְEzekiel 16:58+ 3t.;זִמַּתְכֶ֫נָֿהEzekiel 23:48,49; pluralזמּוֺתIsaiah 32:7, suffixזִמֹּתַיJob 17:11; —1plan, purposeJob 17:3; elsewhere always2i

Possible Meanings:
  • device (semantic_range)
  • wickedness (semantic_range)
H6213 עָשָׂה
Definition:

A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly,

Possible Meanings:
  • press (semantic_range)
  • squeeze (semantic_range)

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