Asכַּאֲשֶׁרthey go,יֵלֵכוּI will spreadאֶפְרוֹשׂmy netרִשְׁתִּיover them;עֲלֵיהֶםlike the birdsכְּעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםI will bring them down;אוֹרִידֵםI will discipline themאַיְסִרֵםaccording to the reportכְּשֵׁמַעto their community.לַעֲדָתָם
Hosea 7:12
Study it in the app“As they go, I will spread my net over them; like the birds of the heavens I will bring them down; I will discipline them according to the report to their community.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:12, word by word
- they goיֵלֵכוּyelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appears- I will spreadאֶפְרוֹשׂefros
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “efros” appears- my netרִשְׁתִּrishti
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “rishti” appears- like the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- I will bring them downאוֹרִידֵoride
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “oride” appears- I will discipline themאַיְסִרֵaysire
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “aysire” appears- according to the reportשֵׁמַעshema
report
What is heard about someone.
Where else “shema” appears- to their communityעֲדָתָadata
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adata” appears
The context
11And Ephraim has become like a dove, simple, without heart; to Egypt they call, to Assyria they go.
12 · This verse (above)
13Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have transgressed against me! And I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.