Hosea 8:7

“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.”

Hosea 8:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and a whirlwindסוּפָתָsufata

whirlwind

A strong wind that sweeps away.

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they will reapיִקְצֹרוּyiktsoru

reap

To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.

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standing grainקָמָהkama

standing grain

Standing grain: grain not yet cut.

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sproutצֶמַחtsemach

growth, sprout

What springs from the ground: plants, vegetation; a shoot.

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it will notבְּלִיbeli

without; not

Without; not; nothing.

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yieldיַעֲשֶׂהyaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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flourקֶּמַחkemach

flour

Flour.

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if perhapsאוּלַיulay

perhaps

Perhaps, maybe.

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strangersזָרִיםzarim

stranger

An outsider, not part of the group.

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will swallow itיִבְלָעֻyivlau

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

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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.

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