Hosea 13:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ כְּדֹ֣ב שַׁכּ֔וּל וְאֶקְרַ֖ע סְג֣וֹר לִבָּ֑ם וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם שָׁם֙ כְּלָבִ֔יא חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃

Transliteration

I pāgaš-them like-dōb šakkūl wə- I qāraʿ sᵉgôr lēb-their wə- I ʾākal-them there like-lābîʾ ḥayyat the-śādeh she bāqaʿ-them

Grammar Details

*pāgaš*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'will meet/encounter them'
*dōb*: noun, masculine singular - 'bear'
*šakkūl*: Qal passive participle, masculine singular - 'bereaved/robbed of cubs'
*wə-*: conjunction - 'and'
*qāraʿ*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'will tear/rend'
*sᵉgôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'enclosure of'
*lēb*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their heart'
*ʾākal*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'will devour them'
*lābîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - 'lion/lioness'
*ḥayyat*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'beast of'
*śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the field'
*bāqaʿ*: Piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'will tear/rip them'

Word Meanings

*pāgaš*: meet/encounter/confront
*dōb*: bear/she-bear
*šakkūl*: bereaved/robbed of cubs
*qāraʿ*: tear/rend/rip open
*sᵉgôr*: enclosure/covering/casing
*lēb*: heart/mind/inner self
*ʾākal*: devour/consume/eat
*lābîʾ*: lion/lioness/great lion
*ḥayyat*: beast/living creature
*śādeh*: field/open country
*bāqaʿ*: tear/rip open/split

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
Ps 80:13 : 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste{H8762)} it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour{H8799)} it.
Prov 17:12 : 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Isa 5:29 : 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isa 56:9 : 9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
Jer 12:9 : 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

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