And I will lay wasteוַהֲשִׁמֹּתִיher vineגַּפְנָהּand her fig tree,וּתְאֵנָתָהּof whichאֲשֶׁרshe said,אָמְרָה“These areהֵמָּהmy wagesאֶתְנָהfor me,לִיwhichאֲשֶׁרmy loversמְאַהֲבָיhave givenנָתְנוּme”;לִיand I will make themוְשַׂמְתִּיםa forest,לְיַעַרand the animalsחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהwill devour them.וַאֲכָלָתַם
Hosea 2:12
Study it in the app“And I will lay waste her vine and her fig tree, of which she said, “These are my wages for me, which my lovers have given me”; and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field will devour them.”
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Hosea 2:12, word by word
- And I will lay wasteהֲשִׁמֹּתִיhashimoti
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “hashimoti” appears- her vineגַּפְנָgafna
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gafna” appears- and her fig treeתְאֵנָתָteenata
fig tree
The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.
Where else “teenata” appears- she saidאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- my wagesאֶתְנָהetna
wages, payment
Wages, payment; especially the pay given to a prostitute.
Where else “etna” appears- my loversמְאַהֲבָmeahava
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahava” appears- have givenנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- and I will make themשַׂמְתִּיsamti
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samti” appears- a forestיַעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- and the animalsחַיַּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- will devour themאֲכָלָתַachalata
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achalata” appears
The context
11And I will put an end to all her joy: her feast, her new moon and her Sabbath, and all her appointed times.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I will call her to account for the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense to them, and adorned herself with her ring and her jewelry, and went after her lovers, and me she forgot, declares YHWH.