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It has destroyed you,שִׁחֶתְךָIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלthatכִּיyou are against me,בִיagainst your help.בְעֶזְרֶךָ
Hosea 13:9
Study it in the app“It has destroyed you, Israel, that you are against me, against your help.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 13:9, word by word
- It has destroyed youשִׁחֶתְshichet
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shichet” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- against your helpעֶזְרֶezre
helper, help
Help, aid; one who helps. It does not imply inferiority: the same word is often used for God as the helper of his people (Psalm 33:20; 121:1-2).
Where else “ezre” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is difficult.
The context
8I 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?