Study it in the app“I will meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and I will tear open the covering of their heart, and there I will devour them like a lioness; the animal of the field will rip them apart.”
I will meet themאֶפְגְּשֵׁםlike a bearכְּדֹבrobbed of her cubs,שַׁכּוּלand I will tear openוְאֶקְרַעthe coveringסְגוֹרof their heart,לִבָּםand thereוְ שָׁםI will devour themאֹכְלֵםlike a lioness;כְּלָבִיאthe animalחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהwill rip them apart.תְּבַקְּעֵם
meet
Meet someone, come upon, encounter.
Where else “efgshe” appearsbear
Bear.
Where else “dov” appearsbereaved
Deprived of children or young; said of one who has lost them. A she-bear robbed of her cubs is an image of very great fury (2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8; Proverbs 17:12).
Where else “shakul” appearstear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “ekra” appearscovering
What encloses the heart, like a casing.
Where else “segor” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochle” appearslioness
Lioness (or full-grown lion).
Where else “lavi” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsrip open
To rip a body or a thing violently to pieces.
Where else “tevake” appears7And I became to them like a fierce lion; like a leopard by the road I will lurk.
8 · This verse (above)
9It has destroyed you, Israel, that you are against me, against your help.
