H1980N–הָלַךְ–ha.lakh

And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ mit.ha.Lekh “going about”

Thus said Jehovah, `The labour of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim -- men of measure, Unto thee pass over, and thine they are, After thee they go, in fetters they pass over, And unto thee they bow themselves, Unto thee they pray: Only in thee `is' God, And there is none else, no `other' God.

יֵלֵ֔כוּ ye.Le.khu “they will walk”

`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ (לֶכְתֵּ֤) lekh.Te “walking”

Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּ (יֵּֽלְכ֛וּ) i.ye.le.Khu “they walked”

The priests have not said, `Where `is' Jehovah?' And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

הָלָֽכוּ׃ ha.La.khu “they walked”

How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,

הָלַ֔כְתִּי ha.Lakh.ti “I have walked”

At that time they cry to Jerusalem, `O throne of Jehovah,' And gathered unto her hath been all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

יֵלְכ֣וּ ye.le.Khu “they will walk”

Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

תֵלְכ֖וּ te.le.Khu “you must walk”

Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

וְהָלֹ֗ךְ (הָלֹ֗ךְ) ha.Lokh “will you walk?”

And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground.

הָלְכ֣וּ ha.le.Khu “they walked”

And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (יֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ) i.Ye.le.Khu “they have walked”

They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

הָלְכ֗וּ ha.le.Khu “they have walked”

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

הַהֹֽלְכִים֙ (הֹֽלְכִים֙) ho.le.Khim “walk”

Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,

וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ (יֵּלְכ֗וּ) i.ye.le.Khu “they walked”

Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.

הֹלְכִ֗ים ho.le.Khim “[are] walking”

And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.

נֵלֵ֔ךְ ne.Lekh “we will walk”

Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And `to' every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.

הֹלֵ֞ךְ ho.Lekh “[one who] walks”

And I send unto you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and amend your doings, yea, ye do not walk after other gods, to serve them, and dwell ye on the ground that I have given to you and to your fathers; and ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me.

תֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ te.le.Khu “you walk”

There is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil: Come, and we cut it off from `being' a nation, Also, O Madmen, thou art cut off, After thee goeth a sword.

לְכ֖וּ le.Khu “come”תֵּ֥לֶךְ Te.lekh “it will go”

In their going, on their four sides they go; they turn not round in their going, for to the place whither the head turneth, after it they go, they turn not round in their going.

יֵלֵ֔כוּ ye.Le.khu “they moved”

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo unto the prophets who are foolish, Who are going after their own spirit, And they have seen nothing.

הֹלְכִ֛ים ho.le.Khim “[are] walking”

And I have charged on her the days of the Baalim, To whom she maketh perfume, And putteth on her ring and her ornament, And goeth after her lovers, And Me forgat -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ (תֵּ֖לֶךְ) Te.lekh “she went”

Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.

הָלַ֖ךְ ha.Lakh “he walked”

After Jehovah they go -- as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.

יֵלְכ֖וּ ye.le.Khu “they will walk”