Midvash

מַשְׂטֵמָהmasṭêmâh

animosity (Hosea 9:7; Hosea 9:8)

Pronunciation: mas-tay-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4895

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Hosea 9:7 The time of Israel’s punishment has come; the day of payment is here. Soon Israel will know this all too well. Because of your great sin and hostility, you say, “The prophets are crazy and the inspired men are fools!”
  • Hosea 9:8 The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God, yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).