## Rashi on Hosea Chapter 8

###### Rashi on Hosea 8:1:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:1:1)

**אֶל חִכְּךָ שׁוֹפָר.** שְׁכִינָה אוֹמֶרֶת לַנָּבִיא: הַשְׁמַע קוֹל חִכְּךָ וּקְרָא כְּשׁוֹפָר, וְאוֹמֵר: עוּפוּ וּמַהֲרוּ הָאוֹיְבִים כַּאֲשֶׁר יִדְאֶה **הַנֶּשֶׁר** (דברים כח:מט) וּבָא **אֶל בֵּית ה׳. אֶל חִכְּךָ שׁוֹפָר**, כְּאִלּוּ הַשּׁוֹפָר נָתוּן אֶל חִכְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To your palate a shophar** The Shechinah says to the prophet: Let the voice of your palate be heard, and call like a shophar, and say: You enemies! Fly and hasten as the eagle swoops and come to the house of the Lord. To your palate a shophar, it is as though a shophar is placed to your palate. [after Jonathan]


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:2:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:2:1)

**לִי יִזְעָקוּ.** כְּשֶׁתָּבוֹא עֲלֵיהֶם הָרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To Me...will cry** when evil befalls them...


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:2:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:2:2)

**אֱלֹהַי יְדַעֲנוּךָ.** הֲלֹא עַמְּךָ אֲנַחְנוּ וְסָרְסוּהוּ וּדְרָשׁוּהוּ: **לִי יִזְעָקוּ** יִשְׂרָאֵל **אֱלֹהַי יְדַעֲנוּךָ**, וַאֲנִי לֹא אֶשְׁמַע לָהֶם, כִּי

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“My God! We know You”** Are we not Your people? Transpose it and interpret it. Israel will cry to Me, “My God! We know You!” But I will not heed them, for...


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:3:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:3:1)

**זָנַח יִשְׂרָאֵל טוֹב.** לְפִיכָךְ **אוֹיֵב יִרְדְּפוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Israel has cast off the Good One** Therefore, the enemy shall pursue him.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:4:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:4:1)

**הֵשִׂירוּ.** עָשׂוּ שָׂרִים. דָּבָר אַחֵר: הֵסִירוּ אֶת זֶה מִמְּלוּכָה וְהִמְלִיכוּ אֶת זֶה, וּבְסֵפֶר הַמָּסֹרֶת מוֹכִיחַ כֵּן, שֶׁחִבְּרוֹ בַּמָּסוֹרָה כָּתְבִין שִׁי״ן וְקָרִיָּן סָמֶ״ךְ, וּפִתְרוֹנוֹ סָמֶ״ךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they removed** Heb. הֵשִׁירוּ, they set up princes (שָּׂרִים). Another explanation: [הֵשִּׂירוּ is like הֵסִירוּ, they removed,] they removed this one from the throne and crowned this one, and in the book of the Masorah, this is proven, for he classified it in the Masorah of those written with a “shin” and read as a “samech,” bearing the meaning of the “samech.”


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:4:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:4:2)

**לְמַעַן יִכָּרֵת.** לְמַעַן כִּי הָיָה לָהֶם זָהָב לָרֹב וְגָרְמוּ לָהֶם שֶׁ**יִכָּרֵת** הָעֹשֶׁר מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in order that it be cut off** For they had much gold, and they caused for them that the wealth be cut off from them.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:5:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:5:1)

**זָנַח.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶתְכֶם בְּנֵי שׁוֹמְרוֹן בַּעֲוֹן עֲגָלִים שֶׁבְּבֵית אֵל (מלכים א יב:כח-כט), שֶׁמַּלְכֵי שׁוֹמְרוֹן עוֹבְדִים שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He has forsaken** The Holy One, blessed be He, has forsaken you, children of Samaria, for the iniquity of the calves in Bethel, where the kings of Israel worship.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:5:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:5:2)

**עַד מָתַי לֹא יוּכְלוּ** לְהַפְנוֹת לִבָּם לְהִנָּקוֹת מֵאוֹתוֹ טִנּוּף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**how long will they be unable** to empty their hearts to be cleansed of that filth.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:6:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:6:1)

**כִּי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְהוּא.** מִכַּסְפָּם וּזְהָבָם שֶׁל כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד הוּא גָּבוּי וְהֶחָרָשׁ עָשָׂהוּ. וְהַוָּי״ו שֶׁל ׳וְהוּא׳ נוֹפֵל, וְיֵשׁ הַרְבֵּה וָי״ו דּוֹמִין לוֹ (יחזקאל מו): ״בְּצֵאתוֹ וְגֵבָאיו וְלֹא יֵרָפְאוּ״, אַף כָּאן כִּי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הַזְמָנָתוֹ וַהֲכָנָתוֹ וְהוּא נַעֲשָׂה. וְיֵשׁ לְיַשֵּׁב הַוָּי״ו הַזֹּאת כֵּן כִּי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְהוּא אַף הָעֵגֶל הַזֶּה מֵאִתָּם בָּא כְּמוֹת הָעֵגֶל הָרִאשׁוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For it is from Israel** From each one’s silver and gold it was collected, and the craftsman made it. And the “vav” of וְהוּא is superfluous, and there are many like it, e.g. (Ezekiel 47:11), “Its swamps and its pools shall not become healthy (וְלֹא יֵרָפְאוּ).” Here too, for its preparation is from Israel and it is made. And this “vav” may be reconciled in the following manner: כִּי מִיִשְׂרָאֵל וְהוּא Also, this calf came from them like the first calf.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:6:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:6:2)

**שְׁבָבִים.** ״לִנְסָרֵי לְוָחִין״, וְלָשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּית הוּא שִׁיבָא מִכְּשׁוּרָא (סנהדרין ז,ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**splinters** Heb. שְׁבָבִים, Jonathan renders: splinters of boards, and it is an Aramaic expression. cf. שִּׁיבָא מִכְּשּׁוּרָא (Sanhedrin 7b), a splinter of a beam.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:7:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:7:1)

**קָמָה אֵין לוֹ.** לַזֶּרַע שֶׁלָּהֶם, כְּלוֹמַר לֹא יַצְלִיחוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it has no standing grain** Their seed has no standing grain; i.e., they will not prosper with their deeds.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:7:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:7:2)

**אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה.** אַף אִם יַעֲשֶׂה קֶמַח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if it does produce** Even if it produces flour.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:7:3
[Rashi on Hosea 8:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:7:3)

**זָרִים יִבְלָעוּהוּ.** אַף אִם יַצְלִיחוּ בְּנִכְסֵיהֶם, סוֹפוֹ לִפּוֹל בְּיַד זָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**strangers will swallow it** Even if they prosper with their property, it will eventually fall into the hands of strangers.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:9:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:9:1)

**פֶּרֶא בּוֹדֵד לוֹ.** נַעֲשׂוּ כְּפֶרֶא שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בּוֹדֵד לְעַצְמוֹ, שׁוֹאֵף רוּחַ (ירמיה ב:כד) מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם לָנוּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a wild donkey secluded to himself** He became like a wild donkey that goes alone to itself, sniffing air from place to place to wander.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:9:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:9:2)

**הִתְנוּ אֲהָבִים.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם לְשׁוֹן ׳תַּנִּים׳, כְּמוֹ עָרוֹד זֶה שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בַּמִּדְבָּרוֹת. ״שָׁאֲפוּ רוּחַ כַּתַּנִּים״ (ירמיה יד:ו) לִקְנוֹת לָהֶם אוֹהֲבִים נוֹאֲפִים זָרִים. **הִתְנוּ** – אידגרוניו״ט בְּלַעַ״ז, וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ לְשׁוֹן ״אֶתְנָן״ (הושע ט:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they paid hire for love** Heb. הִתְנוּ. Jonathan interprets it as an expression of a dragon; like this dragon that goes through the deserts. They sniffed the air like the dragon to acquire for themselves lovers, strange paramours. הִתְנוּ, endragonיrיnt in O.F., like the tremors of the nostrils of a dragon, [derived from תַּנִין. According to this derivation we render: dragonlike, they sought lovers.] It may also be explained as an expression of hire.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:10:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:10:1)

**גַּם כִּי יִתְּנוּ בַגּוֹיִם.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעָשׂוּ זֹאת, שֶׁהִתְנוּ אֲהָבִים בְּעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Although they pay hire among the nations** Although they did this, that they paid for lovers of the nations.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:10:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:10:2)

**עַתָּה אֲקַבְּצֵם** בְּבֹא עֵת גְּאֻלָּתָם לֹא אֲעַכְּבֶנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**now I will gather them** When the time of their redemption arrives, I will not delay it.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:10:3
[Rashi on Hosea 8:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:10:3)

**וַיָּחֵלּוּ מְעַט מִמַּשָּׂא מֶלֶךְ שָׂרִים.** וְיִכָּנְעוּ מְעַט בְּגָלוּת בְּבָבֶל מִיִּרְאַת מַשָּׂא מֶלֶךְ שָׂרִים, מֵעֹל הָאֻמּוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ בְּתוֹכָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they will be humbled a little from the burden of the king and the princes** And they will be humbled a little in their exile from the fear of the burden of the king and the princes, i.e. from the yoke of the kings of the nations among whom they were.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:11:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:11:1)

**כִּי הִרְבָּה אֶפְרַיִם** לְפִיכָךְ אֲחִילֶנּוּ **מִמַּשָּׂא מֶלֶךְ שָׂרִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For Ephraim has increased** Therefore, I will humble them with the burden of the king and the princes.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:12:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:12:1)

**אֶכְתֹּב לוֹ.** אֲנִי תָמִיד מוֹכִיחוֹ עַל יְדֵי נְבִיאַי, וְכוֹתֵב לוֹ רֻבֵּי תוֹרָתִי וְהֵם כְּמוֹ זָר נֶחְשָׁבוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I write for them** I constantly reprimand them through My prophets, and write for them the great things of My Law, but they are considered a strange thing.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:13:1
[Rashi on Hosea 8:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:13:1)

**זִבְחֵי הַבְהָבַי.** זִבְחֵי עוֹלוֹתַי שֶׁהֵם מְהַבְהֲבִים לְפָנַי בָּאֵשׁ שֶׁעַל מִזְבְּחִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As for the sacrifices they burn before Me** Heb. זִבְחֵי הַבְהָבַי. The sacrifice of My burnt offerings that they scorch in the fire which is upon My altar.


###### Rashi on Hosea 8:13:2
[Rashi on Hosea 8:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Hosea/r/8:13:2)

**יִזְבְּחוּ בָשָׂר וַיֹּאכֵלוּ.** לָמָּה לִי שֶׁמְּבִיאִים אוֹתָם? יִזְבְּחוּ לִהְיוֹת לָהֶם בָּשָׂר לְמַאֲכָלָם וַיֹּאכְלוּם, כִּי אֵינֶנִּי רוֹצֶה אוֹתָם (עמוס ה:כא-כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let them slaughter the flesh and eat [it]** Why do I need them to bring them? Let them slaughter so that they have flesh to eat and eat them, for I do not desire them.