Hosea 9:16

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Hosea 9:16, 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".

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is struckהֻכָּהhuka

punish

God punishes with a plague.

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their rootשָׁרְשָׁsharsha

shoot

What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.

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is dried upיָבֵשׁyavesh

dry up

To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.

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they will bearיַעֲשׂוּyaasu

do

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

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noבַלval

not

Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").

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fruitפְּרִיperi

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

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they give birthיֵלֵדוּyeledu

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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I will killהֵמַתִּיhemati

kill

To kill someone.

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the beloved onesמַחֲמַדֵּיmachamade

desirable thing, delight

What is desirable, what pleases the eyes: that which someone most loves or values.

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of their wombבִטְנָvitna

womb

The belly where a mother carries her child.

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