Hosea 2:12

“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.”

Hosea 2:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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her vineגַּפְנָgafna

vine

Vine: the plant that bears grapes.

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and her fig treeתְאֵנָתָteenata

fig tree

The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.

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she saidאָמְרָהamra

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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my wagesאֶתְנָהetna

wages, payment

Wages, payment; especially the pay given to a prostitute.

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my loversמְאַהֲבָmeahava

lover

One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.

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have givenנָתְנוּnatnu

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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and I will make themשַׂמְתִּיsamti

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

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a forestיַעַרyaar

forest

Land covered with trees, where many grow together.

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and the animalsחַיַּתchayat

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

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will devour themאֲכָלָתַachalata

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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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.

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