Hosea 7:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.”

Hosea 7:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Hosea 7:1615 words

HebrewMeaning

יָשׁ֣וּבוּyāšwbw

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

עָ֗לʿāl

abovenounH5920

high · most High

הָיוּ֙hāyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כְּ/קֶ֣שֶׁתkəqešet

bow(-manpronH7198

arch · arrow · -shot)

רְמִיָּ֔הrəmiyāh

deceit(-fulnounH7423

-fully) · false · guile · idle ···

יִפְּל֥וּyipəlw

be acceptedverbH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

בַ/חֶ֛רֶבbaḥereb

axepronH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

שָׂרֵי/הֶ֖םśārēyhem

captainnounH8269

chief · general · governor · keeper ···

מִ/זַּ֣עַםmizaʿam

angrypronH2195

indignation · rage

לְשׁוֹנָ֑/םləšwōnām

baynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

ז֥וֹzwō

thatprepH2097

this

לַעְגָּ֖/םlaʿəgām

derisionnounH3933

scorn

בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץbəʾereṣ

earthpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

מִצְרָֽיִםmiṣərāyim

EgyptnounH4714

Egyptians · Mizraim

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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