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And Iוַאֲנִיwill be like a mothכָעָשׁto Ephraim,לְאֶפְרָיִםand like rotוְכָרָקָבto the houseלְבֵיתof Judah.יְהוּדָה
Hosea 5:12
Study it in the app“And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 5:12, word by word
- will be like a mothעָשׁash
moth
An insect that eats clothing.
Where else “ash” appears- to Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- and like rotרָקָבrakav
rottenness
Rottenness, something decayed or worm-eaten.
Where else “rakav” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” 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
The context
11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he was determined to go after the command.
12 · This verse (above)
13And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound; and Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Jareb; but he cannot heal you, and he will not cure you of your wound.