Hosea 5:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֤י כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכַכְּפִ֖יר לְבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲנִ֨י אֲנִ֤י אֶטְרֹף֙ וְאֵלֵ֔ךְ אֶשָּׂ֖א וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

For ʾānōḵî like-the-šaḥal to-ʾEp̄rayim, wə-like-the-kəp̄îr to-house of-Yəhûḏâ; ʾănî ʾănî ʾeṭrōp̄ wə-ʾēlēḵ, ʾeśśā wə-none maṣṣîl.

Grammar Details

*ʾānōḵî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*šaḥal*: noun, masculine singular - lion/young lion
*ʾEp̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
*wə*: conjunction - and
*kəp̄îr*: noun, masculine singular - young lion
*Yəhûḏâ*: proper noun - Judah
*ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*ʾeṭrōp̄*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will tear/rend
*ʾēlēḵ*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will go/depart
*ʾeśśā*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will carry away/take away
*maṣṣîl*: participle, hiphil, masculine singular - one who delivers/rescues

Word Meanings

*šaḥal*: lion/young lion/fierce lion
*kəp̄îr*: young lion/strong lion
*ʾeṭrōp̄*: I will tear/I will rend/I will ravage
*ʾēlēḵ*: I will go/I will depart/I will walk away
*ʾeśśā*: I will carry away/I will take away/I will bear off
*maṣṣîl*: one who delivers/one who rescues/one who saves

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:2 : 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; 8 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 lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
Isa 5:29 : 29 their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.
Lam 3:10 : 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Amos 2:14 : 14 And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
Amos 3:4-8 : 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is [set] for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all? 6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it? 7 Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets. 8 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?
Job 10:7 : 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
Job 10:16 : 16 And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
Deut 28:31 : 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.

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