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Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםlike a birdכָּעוֹףtheir gloryכְּבוֹדָםwill fly away:יִתְעוֹפֵףno birth,מִלֵּדָהand no womb,וּמִבֶּטֶןand no conception.וּמֵהֵרָיוֹן
Hosea 9:11
Study it in the app“Ephraim, like a bird their glory will fly away: no birth, and no womb, and no conception.”
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Hosea 9:11, word by word
- Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- like a birdעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- their gloryכְּבוֹדָkevoda
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevoda” appears- will fly awayיִתְעוֹפֵףyitofef
fly
To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.
Where else “yitofef” appears- no birthלֵּדָהleda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “leda” appears- and no wombבֶּטֶןbeten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “beten” appears- and no conceptionהֵרָיוֹןherayon
pregnancy
Pregnancy, conception.
Where else “herayon” appears
The context
10Like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel; like the early fruit on the fig tree in its first season I saw your fathers; they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the shame, and they became detestable things like what they loved.
11 · This verse (above)
12Even if they bring up their children, I will bereave them before they are men; for indeed, woe to them when I turn away from them!