Hosea 6:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

Young's Literal Translation
And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder—the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

King James Bible
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Hebrew
Like raiders
גְּדוּדִ֗ים (gə·ḏū·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1416: A band, troop

who lie in ambush,
וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (ū·ḵə·ḥak·kê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2442: To adhere to, to await

[so does] a band
חֶ֚בֶר (ḥe·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2267: Company, association, spell

of priests;
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים (kō·hă·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3548: Priest

they murder
יְרַצְּחוּ־ (yə·raṣ·ṣə·ḥū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder

on the way
דֶּ֖רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to Shechem;
שֶׁ֑כְמָה (šeḵ·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor

surely
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they have committed
עָשֽׂוּ׃ (‘ā·śū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

atrocities.
זִמָּ֖ה (zim·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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