The Minor Prophets

The Book of Hosea

Sexual Health Positive Terms

Recover Unhealthy Sexuality, kah-SAH ehr-VAH  (Hosea 2:9) H3680, H6172

Allure, pah-THACH, (Hosea 2:14) Strong, H6601

Covenant, buh-REETH (Hosea 2:18) Strong, H1285

Sexual Intimacy, yah-DAH (Hosea 2:20) Strong, H3045

Lovers , ah-HAWV, (Hosea 8:9) Strong, H157

Gynecological Terms

Conceive, hah-RAH (Hosea 1:3) Strong, H2029

Bear, YEH-led (Hosea 1:3) Strong, H3205

Womb, BEH-ten (Hosea 12:3) 

Uncovering the nakedness (gah-LAH ehr-VAH) is a term for incest. “Covering the nakedness” appears to be recover from unhealthy sexuality. In the Ham incest snap shot the brothers “cover the nakedness” of their father after Ham sees the nakedness of his father, commits incest with his mother.

“Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover her naked (kah-SAH ahr-VAH) body. (Hosea 2:9)

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered (kah-SAH) their father’s naked (ahr-VAH) body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. (Genesis 9:23)

The phrase cover her naked body of Hosea 2:9 is the exact wording as cover their father’s naked body in Genesis 9:23. These are not sexual assault statements, it appears the opposite. Ham’s brothers attempt to recover the assault against their mother. The Hosea passage seems to be saying that the economic currency which could have recovered Israel will be taken back.

“Therefore I am now going to allure (pah-THACH) her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. (Hosea 2:14)

Allure, pah-THACH, occurs 28 times in 26 verses in the Hebrew Old Testament. (Strong, H6601) Pah-THACH conveys enticing, seducing, and coercing.

“Therefore I am now going to allure (pah-THACH) her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. (Hosea 2:14)

Covenant, buh-REETH, finds its way once again with the intimacy of compassionate presence and reconciliation. (Strong, H1285) The verse ends with the premier Genesis sexual health positive term for intercourse, yah-DAH. (Strong, H3045

In that day I will make a covenant (buh-REETH) for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.

I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge (yah-DAH)the LORD. (Hosea 2:18-20)

Hosea introduces the Genesis sexual health premier word for intercourse in Hosea 2:20. The word is intimacy, yah-DAH. (Strong, H3045) Appearing 953 times in 874 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.Yah-DAH means intimacy formed in the prefrontal cortex. This part of the brain regulates the fear, anger, and sexual wiring of the limbic system. When the PFC is healthy and online, the limbic system can be regulated. When offline, the brain cannot regulate sexual neural pathways. Specifically, intimacy wires from the insular cortex. The range of meaning includes: to  be aware, receive, learn, recognize, differentiate, discover, turn the mind to, understand data, perceive, and genital sexual intercourse. Yah-DAH is used in two gang rape snap shots. The sexual offenders of Sodom and the decline to sexual nihilism of Judges both use yah-DAH in violent rape scenes. It seems reasonable this word is used as paradox to contrast the beauty and intimacy of sexual intercourse with erotic violence. (Genesis 19:5; Judges 19:22)

Their mother has been unfaithful (zah-NAH)and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, ‘I will go after my lovers (ah-HAWV), who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’ (Hosea 2:5)

She will chase after her lovers (ah-HAWV)but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my husband as at first, for then I was better off than now.’ (Hosea 2:7)

Gomer’s “lovers “ is the Hebrew root word for love, ah-HAWV.  This is a common word for love appearing 211 times in 195 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. (Strong, H157) However, ah-HAWV, used for lovers of a sacred sex trade worker is unique to the Old Testament. All other references speak of the love of God human affection, or loving objects like a home, righteousness, friends, etc. Hosea’s use of ah-HAWV, lovers, is emphatic and distinctive in the entire Old Testament. 

The gynecological terms conceive, bore, gave birth, and womb connect precisely to the Genesis sexual health positive big picture. (Strong, H2029, H3205)

So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived (hah-RAH) and bore (YEH-led)  him a son. (Hosea 1:3)

Gomer conceived (hah-RAH) again and gave birth to (YEH-led) a daughter.Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. (Hosea 1:6)

In the womb (BEH-ten) he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God. (Hosea 12:3)

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms

Promiscuous Woman, zah-NAH (Hosea 1:2) Strong, H2181

Unfaithfulness Between Breasts, nah-AWF SHAWD (Hosea 2:2) Strong, H5005, H7699

Expose Lewdness, nah-beh-LOOTH (Hosea 2:10) Strong, H5040

Adultery, nah-AWF (Hosea 3:1) Strong, H5005

Spirit of Sex Trafficking, roo-AUCH zah-NAH  (Hosea 4:11) Strong, H7307, H2181

Sacred Sex Trafficker, kah-deh-SHAH (Hosea 4:14) Strong, H6948

Wages of Sacred Sex Trafficking, eth-NAWN (Hosea 9:1) Strong, H868

Chapter 1 of Hosea features a plethora of sexual health terms. Promiscuous woman, adulterous wife, and unfaithfulness are all the same root word, zah-NAH, sacred sex trafficking participant. “Go marry a promiscuous woman” perhaps is more accurately translated, “a female prolific in sex trade participation.” The term zah-NAH in the plural form, zah-new-NIM, is pronounced zuh-new-NEEM, meaning surpassing or impressive sex trade activity. The singular form for the name of God is El. The plural for God, El,  in the Old Testament is Elohim, pronounced el-oh-HEEM. The plural for a singular name most likely denotes supremacy. Gomer, the sacred sex trade worker is described in the plural. She was most likely at the top of her field, well versed in trafficking. The word zah-NAH appears four times in verse 1. This may mean Hosea intends emphasis. 

“Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts (na-ah-foo-FEEM). (Hosea 2:2)

Hosea pens a new word for unhealthy sexuality, pronounce na-ah-foo-FEEM. (Strong, H5005)  The term translates as adultery appearing a single time at this location in the Hebrew Old Testament. Na-ah-foo-FEEM is similar to the Hebrew term for nose or nostril, AWF, and adultery, nah-AWF. (Strong, H599, H5003) AWF can mean nose, nostril, face, the rapid breathing of passion, rage or wrath. AWF occurs 276 times in 269 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. (Strong, H599) The Hebrew word for adultery, nah-AWF, appears  31 tines in 26 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. (Strong, H5003) Syriac and Chaldean cognate languages have a similar term for “face”, pronounced ah-na-FEEM. This sounds much like the term Hosea uses, na-ah-foo-FEEM. Hosea’s unique term may be best translated as passionate breath or face between the breasts.  (BLB, Hosea 2:20; Strong, H5005)

Hosea introduces another sexual health term seen only here in the Hebrew Old Testament. Nah-beh-LOOTH defines female genitalia. (Strong,  H5040) Nah-beh-LOOTH builds on the root nah-BAL, meaning foolish or shameful occurring 18 times in 18 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. (Strong, H5036) “Lovers” builds on the root word, ah-HAWV. Could it be that Jesus connected to Hosea’s words when he speaks about the inability to be taken from the embrace of God?

So now I will expose her lewdness (Nah-beh-LOOTH) before the eyes of her lovers (ah- HAWV); no one will take her out of my hands. (Hosea 2:10)

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me,

is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

I and the Father are one.” (John 10:29-30)

This may be another example of Jesus reflecting the teaching and influence of the prophets in his preaching.

The word prostitution, zah-NAH, is a unique form in verse 10. It is called a hiphil verb. The original Hebrew places an “h” at the beginning of zah-NAH to emphasize that the term possesses the sense of “to cause to” participate in trafficking humans for sex. This is the first time zah-NAH is used in a “causative” way, perhaps give the term a compelling or coercive meaning. Another new sexual health term appears in Hosea, “ spirit of prostitution”.  The literal rendering is ru-ACH, pronounced roo-AUCH. The CH is a hard K sound in the back of the throat.

My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit (RUAH)of prostitution (zah-NAH)leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God. (Hosea 4:11)

So now I will expose her lewdness (nah-beh-LOOTH) before the eyes of her lovers (AHB); no one will take her out of my hands. (Hosea 2:10)

“Sacred sex trafficked female” forms on the root word for “holy”, keh-deh-SHAH. (Strong, H6948) Holy sex trafficker or sacred trafficked female occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.  Keh-deh-SHAH, holy sex trafficker, cements the foundational meaning of the religious or sacred aspect of the sex trade. Participants in sex trafficking connect to the economy of  religious institutions, its clergy, and rituals.

He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute (keh-deh-SHAH) who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (keh-deh- SHAH) here,” they said. (Genesis 38:21)

So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (keh-deh-SHAH) here.’ ” (Genesis 38:22)

No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute (keh-deh-SHAH). (Deuteronomy 23:17)

“I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution (zah-NAH), nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery (nah-AWF), because the men themselves consort with harlots (zah-NAH) and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes (keh-deh-SHAH)—  a people without understanding will come to ruin! (Hosea 4:14)

The final Hosea sexual health term is, “wages of a sacred sex trafficker”.  Wages from trafficking humans for sex is the Hebrew eth-NAWN. (Strong, H868) Appearing 11 times in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament it carries the sole meaning of earning income from sex trafficking.

Names, Locales, Symbols for the Sacred Sex Trade: 

Baal, bah-AWL (Hosea 2:17)

Wooden Idol or Tree, EITZ, (Hosea 4:12) Strong, H6086

Mountaintops, ROWSH HAR (Hosea 4:13) Strong, H7218, H2022

Hills, gee-BAH (Hosea 4:13) Strong, H1389

Oak, ah-LOAN (Hosea 4:13) Strong, H437

Poplar, lib-NEY (Hosea 4:13) Strong, H3839

Terebinth, eh-LAH (Hosea 4:13) Strong, H424

Idols, ah-TSAWV (Hosea 4:17) Strong, H6087

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution (zah-NAH) and your daughters-in-law to adultery (NAF). (Hosea 4:13)

Tools

The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?

Ephraim is joined to idols (ah-TSAWV); leave him alone! (Strong, H6087)

Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution (zah-NAH); their rulers dearly love shameful ways. (Hosea 4:10-18)

The Books of Amos, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Sexual Health Positive Terms

Covenant, The Word I Cut, dah-VAR kah-RAHT (Haggai 2:5) Strong, H3772

This is what I covenanted  with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear. (Haggai 2:5)

Covenant, buh-REETH (Zechariah 9:11) Strong, H1285

As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit. (Zechariah 9:11)

Offspring or Seed, zeh-RAH (Malachi 2:14-15) Strong, H2233

Gynecological

Virgin, buh-tue-LAH (Amos 5:2) Strong, H1330

“Fallen is Virgin (buh-tue-LAH) Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up.”(Amos 5:2)

Naked

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed (ARL)! The cup from the LORD’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. (Habbakuk 2:16)

Foreskin, ah-RAIL (Habbakuk 2:16) Strong, H6188

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed (ah-RAIL)! The cup from the LORD’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. (Habbakuk 2:16)

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms

Sexual Abuse, ya-LAWK (Amos 2:7) Strong, H3212

Decline of Intimacy, Profane, chah-LAHL (Amos 2:7) Strong, H2490

Wages of Sacred Sex Trade, eth-NAWN (Micah 1:7) Strong, H868

Sacred Sex trade Worker, zah-NAH (Micah 1:7) Strong, H2181

Lift Skirts Over Face

Nakedness

Tools

“I am against you,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame. (Nahum 3:5)

Rape, shu-GALL (Zechariah 14:2) Strong, H7693

I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. (Zechariah 14:2)

Names, Locales, and Symbols of Sacred Sex Trafficking

Sodom and Gomorrah

“I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me,”

declares the LORD. (Amos 4:11)

Idols, HEH-vell, (Jonah 2:8) Strong, H1892

“Those who cling to worthless idols (HEH-vell) turn away from God’s love for them.” (Jonah 2:8)

Idols, pah-SEEL (Micah 1:7) Strong, H6456

Images, ah-TSAV (Micah 1:7)  Strong, H6091 

Sacred Stones, mah-tseh-VAH (Micah 5:13) Strong, H4676

Asherah Poles, ah-sher-AH (Micah 5:14) Strong, H842

All her idols (pah-SEEL)will be broken to pieces; all her temple gifts will be burned with fire; I will destroy all her images (ah-TSAV). Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes (eth-NAWN), as the wages of prostitutes (eth-NAWN) they will again be used.” (Micah 1:7)

I will destroy your idols (pah-SEEL) and your sacred stones (mah-tseh-VAH)from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles when I demolish your cities. (Micah 5:13-14)

Baal, bah-AWL (Zephaniah 1:3) Strong, H1168 

Idolatrous Priests, coe-MER (Zephaniah 1:6) Strong, H3649

Molek, mahl-CAM (Zephaniah 1:6) Strong, H445

“I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem. I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place, the very names of the idolatrous priests—those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the LORD and who also swear by Molek, those who turn back from following the LORD and neither seek the LORD nor inquire of him.” (Zephaniah 1:3-6)

Sacred Sex trade Worker, zah-NAH (Micah 1:7) Strong, H2181

In Amos the NIV translation of “use the same girl” for sex is pretty close. The Hebrew term is YLK, pronounced ya-LAWK meaning “to go to”. (Strong, 3212)  This verse literally means “going to the same adolescent girl for intercourse.”  Same girl, is nah-ah-RAH meaning a prepubescent or adolescent child. (Strong, H5291). Yah-LAWK, sexual abuse, is also used in the curse of the snake in Genesis 3:14, the rising of the waters in the flood snap shot, and the two incest accounts of Genesis 9:23 and Genesis 19:32. (Strong, H3212)

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use (yah-LAWK) the same girl and so profane (chah-LAHL) my holy name. (Amos 2:7)

So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl (yah-LAWK) on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. (Genesis 3:14)

The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the arkfloated (yah-LAWK) on the surface of the water. (Genesis 7:18)

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked (yah-LAWK) in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. (Genesis 9:23)

Let’s get (yah-LAWK) our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.” (Genesis 19:32)

The word “profane” is the Hebrew trigger word chah-LAHL which signals a decline of intimacy with God resulting in unhealthy sexuality. (Strong, H2490)

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use (yah-LAWK) the same girland so profane (chah-LAHL) my holy name. (Amos 2:7)

Micah uses idols, images, wages of sacred sex trade, sacred stones, Asherah poles, and sacred sex trade worker. This is quite a concentration of sex trade vocabulary in one verse. Wages of the sacred sex trade occurs 11 times in 8 verses.  The term is eth-NAWN. (Strong, H868) Sacred stones, pronounced mas-tseh-VAH, has a range of meaning from a single stone to perhaps a pillar of stones. Statue or sacred stone mas-tseh-VAH appears 32 times in 31 verses in the Hebrew Old Testament. (Strong, H4676)

The Book of Nahum

Prolific Sex Trade Participation

…all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute , alluring, the mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations by her prostitution and peoples by her witchcraft. (Nahum 3:4)

Lift Skirts Over Face

Nakedness

Tools

“I am against you,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame. (Nahum 3:5)

Nahum 3:4-5 speaks of the shame of the sacred sex trade. In 3:4 a modern literal translation might look like, “From her prolific sex trade participation, the mistress of sorcery traffics to the nations the selling of humans for sex ….”

Nahum 3:5 has a phrase connecting to incest laws along with two different words for the shame of exposing genitalia. Lift up or uncover, ga-LAH, is the word used for incest prohibitions in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. (Strong, H1540) Skirt, literally in the Hebrew, “lifting up the hem of your robes upon your face” appears twice in Nahum and Jeremiah. I will pull up your skirts over your face that your shame may be seen. (Jeremiah 13:26).)  Nakedness appears twice in the Hebrew Old Testament. The term is MAR, pronounced ma-AR. (Strong, H4626) Shame, pronounced ka-LOAN, also appears in both the Jeremiah and Nahum citations. (Strong, H7036) These terms for genitalia connect to a sense of shame.

The Book of Habbakuk

Foreskin, ah-RAIL (Habbakuk 2:16) Strong, H6188

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed (ah-RAIL)! The cup from the LORD’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. (Habbakuk 2:16)

Habbakuk has a single sexual health term, foreskin. The word is ah-RAIL. (Strong, H6188) In this passage the sense appears to be exposing the fact that the Israelites did not follow the ritual of circumcision and therefore the foreskin revealed.

The Book of Zephaniah

Idols

Baal

Idolatrous

Molek

“I will sweep away both man and beast; I will sweep away the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea— and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.” “When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth,” declares the LORD,

“I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem. I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place, the very names of the idolatrous priests—those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the LORD and who also swear by Molek, those who turn back from following the LORD and neither seek the LORD nor inquire of him.” (zephaniah 1:3-6)

The Book of Haggai

Covenant, The Word I Cut, dah-VAR kah-RAHT (Haggai 2:5) Strong, H3772

This is what I covenanted  with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear. (Haggai 2:5)

The words are different in Haggai. The word (dah-VAR) I cut (kah-RAHT). This is similar to “cut a covenant” but is used only here. (Strong, H3772)  

The Book of zechariah

Covenant, buh-REETH (Zechariah 9:11) Strong, H1285

Rape, shu-GALL (Zechariah 14:2) Strong, H7693

As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit. (Zechariah 9:11)

I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. (Zechariah 14:2)

Zechariah has two sexual health terms, covenant and raped. The word rape is shu-GALL. Used four times in the Hebrew Old Testament it only connects to sexual violence. (Strong, H7693) 

You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. (Deuteronomy 28:30)

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated. (Isaiah 13:16)

“Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. (Jeremiah 3:2)

I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. (zechariah 14:2)

The word detestable thing is the Hebrew TABH, pronounced toe-eh-VAH connecting to idolatry and the sacred sex trade. (Strong, H8441) Desecrated is the trigger word HLL signaling a decline of sexual health and intimacy with God.  Godly Offspring is combination of the terms Elohim, the name of God, and seed zRH.

The Book of Malachi

Covenant

Detestable Thing, toe-eh-VAH (Malachi 2:11) Strong H8441

Trigger Term for Decline of Intimacy and Sexual Health, chah-LAWL (Malachi 2:14-15) Strong, H2490

Offspring or Seed, zeh-RAH (Malachi 2:14-15) Strong, H2233

Mycovenant(buh-REETH) was with him, a covenant (buh-REETH)of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. (Malachi 2:5)

Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated (HLL) the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. (Malachi 2:11)

You ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.  Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. (Malachi 2:14-15)

The final sexual health passages in the Old Testament reconnect to the Genesis sexual health big picture. Twice the word Covenant, BRT, occurs touching the early covenant with Noah after the judgement for sexual nihilism and abuse. Covenant is a vision of hope for the intimacy of reconciliation between God and humankind.  Detestable is the Hebrew term TBA, pronounced toe-eh-VAH. This word appears 118 times in the Hebrew Old Testament in 112 verses connecting to idolatry and by implication the sacred sex trade. (Strong H8441) The untranslatable Hebrew trigger word for decline of intimacy to unhealthy sexuality and abuse appears, HLL, pronounced ha-LAWL. (Strong, H2490) The NIV translates HLL as desecrated. Godly offspring is ELOHIM zRA. ELOHIM is the common name for God appearing 2,600 times in 2,246 verses in the Hebrew Old Testament.(Strong, H430) zRA, pronounced zeh-RAH, means seed occuring  229 times in 209 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. Zeh-RAH offspring or seed appears in Genesis 49 times beginning in Genesis 1:11. (Strong, H2233) 

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing (zeh-RAH) plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed (zeh-RAH) in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. (Genesis 1:11)