Forכִּיlook,הִנֵּהthey have goneהָלְכוּbecause of the destruction;מִשֹּׁדEgyptמִצְרַיִםwill gather them,תְּקַבְּצֵםMemphisמֹףwill bury them;תְּקַבְּרֵםthe precious thingsמַחְמַדof their silver,לְכַסְפָּםnettlesקִמּוֹשׂwill possess them;יִירָשֵׁםthornsחוֹחַwill be in their tents.בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם
Hosea 9:6
Study it in the app“For look, they have gone because of the destruction; Egypt will gather them, Memphis will bury them; the precious things of their silver, nettles will possess them; thorns will be in their tents.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 9:6, word by word
- they have goneהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- because of the destructionשֹּׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- will gather themתְּקַבְּצֵtekabtse
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “tekabtse” appears- Memphisמֹףmof
Memphis
"Moph": Memphis, a city of Egypt.
Where else “mof” appears- will bury themתְּקַבְּרֵtekabre
bury
Bury.
Where else “tekabre” appears- the precious thingsמַחְמַדmachmad
desirable thing, delight
What is desirable, what pleases the eyes: that which someone most loves or values.
Where else “machmad” appears- of their silverכַסְפָּchaspa
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chaspa” appears- nettlesקִמּוֹשׂkimos
thorns, thistles
Thorns, a prickly plant.
Where else “kimos” appears- will possess themיִירָשֵׁyirashe
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirashe” appears- thornsחוֹחַchoach
thistle
A wild plant full of prickles that grows on abandoned land.
Where else “choach” appears- will be in their tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
5What will you do on the day of the appointed time, and on the day of the feast of YHWH?
6 · This verse (above)
7The days of punishment have come, the days of retribution have come; Israel will know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of the abundance of your iniquity, and the hostility is great.