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“Do Not Rejoice, Yisra’el”: Imperative Prohibition and Metaphor of Cultic Betrayal in Hosea 9:1

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Biblical Hebrew
אַל־תִּשְׂמַ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶל־גִּיל֙ כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים כִּ֥י זָנִ֖יתָ מֵעַ֣ל אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אָהַ֣בְתָּ אֶתְנָ֔ן עַ֖ל כָּל־גָּרְנֹ֥ות דָּגָֽן׃ (Hosea 9:1) Do not rejoice, Yisra’el, with exultation like the nations, for you have prostituted yourself away from your God. You have loved a harlot’s payment on all the threshing floors of grain. Rejoicing Denied Through Divine Indictment Hosea 9:1 is a striking verse where YHWH, through the prophet, forbids the people from engaging in public joy. The grammatical structure is a negative jussive formed by אַל + imperfect verb, commanding Yisra’el to cease rejoicing.… Learn Hebrew
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