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The princesשָׂרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהhave becomeהָיוּlike those who moveכְּמַסִּיגֵיa boundary;גְּבוּלupon themעֲלֵיהֶםI will pour outאֶשְׁפּוֹךְlike waterכַּמַּיִםmy wrath.עֶבְרָתִי
Hosea 5:10
Study it in the app“The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary; upon them I will pour out like water my wrath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 5:10, word by word
- The princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- like those who moveמַסִּיגֵיmasige
shift
To shift something from its place, like a neighbour's boundary.
Where else “masige” appears- a boundaryגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- I will pour outאֶשְׁפּוֹךְeshpoch
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “eshpoch” appears- like waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- my wrathעֶבְרָתִevrati
fury
Overflowing rage, fury.
Where else “evrati” appears
The context
9Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel I have made known what is sure.
10 · This verse (above)
11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he was determined to go after the command.