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Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםasכַּאֲשֶׁרI have seen,רָאִיתִיwas like Tyre,לְצוֹרplantedשְׁתוּלָהin a meadow;בְנָוֶהbut Ephraimוְאֶפְרַיִםis to bring outלְהוֹצִיאhis childrenבָּנָיוto the killer.אֶל הֹרֵג
Hosea 9:13
Study it in the app“Ephraim, as I have seen, was like Tyre, planted in a meadow; but Ephraim is to bring out his children to the killer.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 9:13, 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- I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- was like Tyreצוֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- plantedשְׁתוּלָהshetula
plant, transplant
To plant, to transplant: to set a tree in a good place so that it grows.
Where else “shetula” appears- in a meadowנָוֶהnave
pasture
Where the flock rests.
Where else “nave” appears- is to bring outהוֹצִיאhotsi
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsi” appears- his childrenבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- to the killerהֹרֵגhoreg
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “horeg” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of the first half is difficult.
Places in this verse
Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
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!
13 · This verse (above)
14Give them, YHWH; what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.