Hosea 13:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י ה֔וּא בֵּ֥ן אַחִ֖ים יַפְרִ֑יא יָב֣וֹא קָדִים֩ ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵב֤וֹשׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנ֔וֹ ה֣וּא יִשְׁסֶ֔ה אוֹצַ֖ר כָּל־כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃

Transliteration

kî he bēn ʾaḥ he pārâ he bôʾ qādîm rûaḥ YHWH from-midbār ʿālâ wə- he yābēš māqôr-his wə- he ḥārēb maʿyān-his he šāsâ ʾôṣār all-kᵉlî ḥemdâ

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - 'for/because/although'
*bēn*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'son of'
*ʾaḥ*: noun, masculine plural - 'brothers'
*pārâ*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he flourishes/bears fruit'
*bôʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'will come'
*qādîm*: noun, masculine singular - 'east wind'
*rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'wind/breath of'
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*midbār*: noun, masculine singular - 'wilderness/desert'
*ʿālâ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - 'coming up'
*wə-*: conjunction - 'and'
*yābēš*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'will dry up'
*māqôr*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his fountain/spring'
*ḥārēb*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'will be dried up'
*maʿyān*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his spring'
*šāsâ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'will plunder'
*ʾôṣār*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'treasury of'
*kᵉlî*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'vessel/object of'
*ḥemdâ*: noun, feminine singular - 'desire/delight'

Word Meanings

*kî*: for/because/although/though
*bēn*: son/among
*ʾaḥ*: brothers/relatives
*pārâ*: flourishes/bears fruit/is fruitful
*bôʾ*: will come/approach/arrive
*qādîm*: east wind/sirocco/hot desert wind
*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/spirit
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land
*ʿālâ*: coming up/ascending/rising
*yābēš*: will dry up/wither/be dried
*māqôr*: fountain/spring/source
*ḥārēb*: will be dried up/will be desolate
*maʿyān*: spring/fountain
*šāsâ*: will plunder/despoil/pillage
*ʾôṣār*: treasury/storehouse/treasure
*kᵉlî*: vessel/object/article/implement
*ḥemdâ*: desire/delight/precious thing

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 19:12 : 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Ezek 17:10 : 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
Gen 41:52 : 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Jer 4:11 : 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Gen 49:22 : 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Deut 33:17 : 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Job 18:16 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Ps 1:4 : 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Ps 109:13 : 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Isa 14:21 : 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Isa 17:13 : 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Isa 41:16 : 16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Jer 20:5 : 5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Dan 11:8 : 8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
Hos 4:19 : 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Hos 9:11 : 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
Hos 10:1 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Nah 2:9 : 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

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