Thereforeעַל כֵּןthe landהָאָרֶץwill mourn,תֶּאֱבַלand everyoneוְ כָּלwho livesיוֹשֵׁבin itבָּהּwill languish,אֻמְלַלwith the animalsבְּחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהand with the birdsוּבְעוֹףof the heavens;הַשָּׁמָיִםand evenוְגַםthe fishדְּגֵיof the seaהַיָּםwill be taken away.יֵאָסֵפוּ
Hosea 4:3
Study it in the app“Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who lives in it will languish, with the animals of the field and with the birds of the heavens; and even the fish of the sea will be taken away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 4:3, word by word
- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- will mournתֶּאֱבַלteeval
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “teeval” appears- who livesיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- will languishאֻמְלַלumlal
languish
Languish, wither, lose strength.
Where else “umlal” appears- with 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- and with the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- the fishדְּגֵיdege
fish
Fish; fish as a whole.
Where else “dege” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- will be taken awayיֵאָסֵפוּyeasefu
join ancestors
To die and be placed with one's own who have died before.
Where else “yeasefu” appears
The context
2Cursing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and bloodshed touches bloodshed.
3 · This verse (above)
4Yet let no one contend, and let no one reprove; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.