Hosea 12:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:”

Hosea 12:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 12:311 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/רִ֥יבwəriyb

causeconjH7379

adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···

לַֽ/יהוָ֖הlayhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

עִםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

יְהוּדָ֑הyəhwdāh

JudahnounH3063

וְ/לִ/פְקֹ֤דwəlipəqōd

appointconjH6485

at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···

עַֽלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

יַעֲקֹב֙yaʿăqōb

JacobnounH3290

כִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/וkidərākāyw

alongpronH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

כְּ/מַעֲלָלָ֖י/וkəmaʿălālāyw

doingpronH4611

endeavour · invention · work

יָשִׁ֥יבyāšiyb

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

לֽ/וֹlwō

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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