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Evenכִּיifאִםthey bring upיְגַדְּלוּtheir children,בְּנֵיהֶםI will bereave themוְשִׁכַּלְתִּיםbefore they are men;מֵאָדָםforכִּיindeed,גַםwoeאוֹיto themלָהֶםwhen I turn awayבְּשׂוּרִיfrom them!מֵהֶם
Hosea 9:12
Study it in the app“Even 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!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 9:12, word by word
- they bring upיְגַדְּלוּyegadlu
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yegadlu” appears- their childrenבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- I will bereave themשִׁכַּלְתִּיshikalti
bereave
To make someone lose his children, in war or as punishment.
Where else “shikalti” appears- before they are menאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- woeאוֹיoy
woe, alas
Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.
Where else “oy” appears- when I turn awayשׂוּרִsuri
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “suri” appears
The context
11Ephraim, like a bird their glory will fly away: no birth, and no womb, and no conception.
12 · This verse (above)
13Ephraim, as I have seen, was like Tyre, planted in a meadow; but Ephraim is to bring out his children to the killer.