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Hosea 13:8 — King James Version← Study notes

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.


Hosea 13:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 13:812 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶפְגְּשֵׁ/ם֙ʾepəgəšēm
I will meet themverbH6298
together)
כְּ/דֹ֣בkədōb
like a bearpronH1677
שַׁכּ֔וּלšakwl
robbed of cubsadjH7909
bereaved of children
וְ/אֶקְרַ֖עwəʾeqəraʿ
so I may tearconjH7167
rend · surely · tear
סְג֣וֹרsəgwōr
the cavity ofnounH5458
gold
לִבָּ֑/םlibām
heart theirnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
וְ/אֹכְלֵ֥/םwəʾōkəlēm
and I will devour themconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
שָׁם֙šām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
כְּ/לָבִ֔יאkəlābiyʾ
like a lionpronH3833
old · stout) lion · lioness · young
חַיַּ֥תḥayat
animal ofnounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖הhaśādeh
the fieldparticleH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
תְּבַקְּעֵֽ/םtəbaqəʿēm
it will tear to pieces themverbH1234
break forth (into · out · in pieces · through ···
Words 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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Omar HassanNote1mo ago
The shepherd and the sheep - Hosea 13
What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. God is faithful in every circumstance. G...
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