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Strangersזָרִיםhave devouredאָכְלוּhis strength,כֹּחוֹand heוְהוּאdoes notלֹאknow it;יָדָעgray hairשֵׂיבָהalsoגַּםis sprinkledזָרְקָהon him,בּוֹand heוְהוּאdoes notלֹאknow it.יָדָע
Hosea 7:9
Study it in the app“Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know it; gray hair also is sprinkled on him, and he does not know it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 7:9, word by word
- Strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- have devouredאָכְלוּachlu
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achlu” appears- his strengthכֹּחkoch
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koch” appears- know itיָדָעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- gray hairשֵׂיבָהseva
old age, gray hair
Old age; gray hair.
Where else “seva” appears- is sprinkledזָרְקָהzarka
sprinkle, dash
Sprinkle, dash, throw (blood against the altar, water, dust); scatter.
Where else “zarka” appears
The context
8Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples; Ephraim has become a cake not turned over.
9 · This verse (above)
10And the pride of Israel testifies to his face; and they have not returned to YHWH their Elohim, and they have not sought him in all this.