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Hosea 12:2

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Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.	The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.	He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The LORD^H3068 hath also a controversy^H7379 with Judah^H3063, and will punish^H6485 Jacob^H3290 according to his ways^H1870; according to his doings^H4611 will he recompense^H7725 him.

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Original Hebrew

אֶפְרַיִם רֹעֶה רוּחַ וְרֹדֵף קָדִים כָּל־הַיֹּום כָּזָב וָשֹׁד יַרְבֶּה וּבְרִית עִם־אַשּׁוּר יִכְרֹתוּ וְשֶׁמֶן לְמִצְרַיִם יוּבָל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֶפְרַ֜יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	H669	HNp	Ephraim
רֹעֶ֥ה	ro.'Eh	H7462	HVqrmsa	(is) feeding
ר֨וּחַ֙	Ru.ach	H7307	HNcbsa	wind
וְ/רֹדֵ֣ף	ve./ro.Def	H7291	HC/Vqrmsa	and/ (is) pursuing
קָדִ֔ים	ka.Dim	H6921	HNcmsa	an east wind
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הַ/יּ֕וֹם	hai./Yom	H3117	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ day
כָּזָ֥ב	ka.Zav	H3577	HNcmsa	falsehood
וָ/שֹׁ֖ד	va./Shod	H7701	HC/Ncmsa	and/ violence
יַרְבֶּ֑ה	yar.Beh	H7235	HVhi3ms	he increases
וּ/בְרִית֙	u./ve.Rit	H1285	HC/Ncfsa	and/ a covenant
עִם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
אַשּׁ֣וּר	'a.Shur	H804	HNp	Assyria
יִכְרֹ֔תוּ	yikh.Ro.tu	H3772	HVqi3mp	they are making
וְ/שֶׁ֖מֶן	ve./She.men	H8081	HC/Ncmsa	and/ oil
לְ/מִצְרַ֥יִם	le./mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HR/Np	to/ Egypt
יוּבָֽל	yu.Val	H2986	HVHi3ms	it is carried

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H4611 — מַעֲלָל (maʻălâl, mah-al-awl'): from עָלַל; an act (good or bad); doing, endeavour, invention, work.
• H6485 — פָּקַד (pâqad, paw-kad'): a primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.; appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, [idiom] surely, visit, want.
• H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H669 — אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim): dual of masculine form of אֶפְרָת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.
• H804 — אַשּׁוּר (ʼAshshûwr, ash-shoor'): or אַשֻּׁר; apparently from אָשַׁר (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire; Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See אָשֻׁר.
• H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
• H2986 — יָבַל (yâbal, yaw-bal'): a primitive root; properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp); bring (forth), carry, lead (forth).
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3577 — כָּזָב (kâzâb, kaw-zawb'): from כָּזַב; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol); deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
• H6921 — קָדִים (qâdîym, kaw-deem'): or קָדִם; from קָדַם; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind); east(-ward, wind).
• H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
• H7291 — רָדַף (râdaph, raw-daf'): a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by); chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
• H7701 — שֹׁד (shôd, shode): or שׁוֹד; (Job 5:21), from שׁוּד; violence, ravage; desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.
• H8081 — שֶׁמֶן (shemen, sheh'-men): from שָׁמַן; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a controversy — Jeremiah 25:31, Hosea 4:1, Micah 6:2
• according to his doings — Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 59:18, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:6, Galatians 6:7
• and will — 2 Kings 17:19-20, Isaiah 8:7-8, Isaiah 10:6, Jeremiah 3:8-11, Ezekiel 23:11-21, Ezekiel 23:31-32
• punish — Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 24:21, Hosea 2:13, Hosea 8:13, Hosea 9:9

Reciprocal references (6): 2 Kings 18:13, Jeremiah 30:7, Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 23:13, Amos 2:4, Micah 1:1

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ISRAEL, JUDGMENT, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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