They turn,יָשׁוּבוּbut notלֹאupward;עָלthey have becomeהָיוּlike a deceitfulרְמִיָּהbow;כְּקֶשֶׁתtheir princesשָׂרֵיהֶםwill fallיִפְּלוּby the swordבַחֶרֶבbecause of the furyמִזַּעַםof their tongue;לְשׁוֹנָםthisזוֹwill be their derisionלַעְגָּםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Hosea 7:16
Study it in the app“They turn, but not upward; they have become like a deceitful bow; their princes will fall by the sword because of the fury of their tongue; this will be their derision in the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:16, word by word
- They turnיָשׁוּבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- upwardעָלal
on high, above
What is high, above. In 2 Samuel 23:1, "raised on high". In some passages it is used to speak of God as "the One on high".
Where else “al” appears- they have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- like a deceitfulרְמִיָּהremiya
deceit
False words or acts that make someone believe what is not so.
Where else “remiya” appears- bowקֶשֶׁתkeshet
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appears- their princesשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- will fallיִפְּלוּyiplu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yiplu” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- because of the furyזַּעַםzaam
indignation, fury
Indignation: fury, especially God's anger at evil.
Where else “zaam” appears- of their tongueלְשׁוֹנָleshona
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshona” appears- thisזוֹzo
this
"Zo": this, that (pointing to something).
Where else “zo” appears- will be their derisionלַעְגָּlaga
scorn, derision
Mockery, scorn.
Where else “laga” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Translation note
“Not upward”: or “not to the Most High”; the Hebrew is very brief.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
15And I disciplined them, I strengthened their arms, yet against me they devise evil.
16 · This verse (above)