Forכִּיwindרוּחַthey sow,יִזְרָעוּand a whirlwindוְסוּפָתָהthey will reap;יִקְצֹרוּstanding grain,קָמָהit hasלוֹnoאֵיןsprout;צֶמַחit will notבְּלִיyieldיַעֲשֶׂהflour;קֶּמַחif perhapsאוּלַיit yields,יַעֲשֶׂהstrangersזָרִיםwill swallow it.יִבְלָעֻהוּ
Hosea 8:7
Study it in the app“For wind they sow, and a whirlwind they will reap; standing grain, it has no sprout; it will not yield flour; if perhaps it yields, strangers will swallow it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 8:7, word by word
- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- they sowיִזְרָעוּyizrau
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “yizrau” appears- and a whirlwindסוּפָתָsufata
whirlwind
A strong wind that sweeps away.
Where else “sufata” appears- they will reapיִקְצֹרוּyiktsoru
reap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “yiktsoru” appears- standing grainקָמָהkama
standing grain
Standing grain: grain not yet cut.
Where else “kama” appears- sproutצֶמַחtsemach
growth, sprout
What springs from the ground: plants, vegetation; a shoot.
Where else “tsemach” appears- it will notבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- yieldיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- flourקֶּמַחkemach
flour
Flour.
Where else “kemach” appears- if perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- will swallow itיִבְלָעֻyivlau
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “yivlau” appears
The context
6For from Israel is it too; a craftsman made it, and it is not Elohim; for the calf of Samaria will be splinters.
7 · This verse (above)
8Israel is swallowed; now they have become among the nations like a vessel in which there is no delight.