Hosea 9:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֻכָּ֣ה אֶפְרַ֔יִם שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם יָבֵ֖שׁ פְּרִ֣י *בלי־**בַֽל־יַעֲשׂ֑וּן גַּ֚ם כִּ֣י יֵֽלֵד֔וּן וְהֵמַתִּ֖י מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י בִטְנָֽם׃

Transliteration

Hukkāh ʾeprayim, šoršām yābēš, perî not-yaʿăśûn; even if yēlēdûn, and-hēmattî maḥămaddê biṭnām.

Grammar Details

*Hukkāh*: hofal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'was smitten/struck'
*ʾeprayim*: proper noun - 'Ephraim' (northern kingdom)
*šoršām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their root'
*yābēš*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'is dried up'
*perî*: masculine singular noun - 'fruit'
*yaʿăśûn*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with paragogic nun - 'they will yield/produce'
*yēlēdûn*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with paragogic nun - 'they give birth'
*hēmattî*: hifil perfect 1st singular - 'I will kill'
*maḥămaddê*: masculine plural construct - 'desired ones of'
*biṭnām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'their womb/body'

Word Meanings

*Hukkāh*: was smitten/was struck/is blighted
*šoršām* *yābēš*: their root is dried up/their root is withered
*perî* *yaʿăśûn*: they will yield fruit/they will produce fruit
*yēlēdûn*: they give birth/they bear children
*hēmattî*: I will kill/I will slay/I will put to death
*maḥămaddê* *biṭnām*: desired ones of their womb/beloved offspring/precious children

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Referenced Verses

Hos 9:11-13 : 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Ezek 24:21 : 21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Job 18:16 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 40:24 : 24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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