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Hosea 13:8

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Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:	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.	O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I will meet^H6298 them as a bear^H1677 that is bereaved^H7909 of her whelps, and will rend^H7167 the caul^H5458 of their heart^H3820, and there will I devour^H398 them like a lion^H3833: the wild^H7704 beast^H2416 shall tear^H1234 them.

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Original Hebrew

אֶפְגְּשֵׁם כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל וְאֶקְרַע סְגֹור לִבָּם וְאֹכְלֵם שָׁם כְּלָבִיא חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּבַקְּעֵם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֶפְגְּשֵׁ/ם֙	'ef.ge.She/m	H6298	HVqi1cs/Sp3mp	I will meet/ them
כְּ/דֹ֣ב	ke./Do	H1677	HR/Ncmsa	like/ a bear
שַׁכּ֔וּל	sha.Kul	H7909	HAamsa	robbed of cubs
וְ/אֶקְרַ֖ע	ve./'ek.Ra'	H7167	HC/Vqi1cs	so/ I may tear
סְג֣וֹר	se.Gor	H5458	HNcmsc	(the) cavity of
לִבָּ֑/ם	li.Ba/m	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	heart/ their
וְ/אֹכְלֵ֥/ם	ve./'o.khe.Le/m	H398	HC/Vqi1cs/Sp3mp	and/ I will devour/ them
שָׁם֙	sham	H8033	HD	there
כְּ/לָבִ֔יא	ke./la.Vi'	H3833	HR/Ncbsa	like/ a lion
חַיַּ֥ת	chai.Yat	H2416	HNcfsc	(the) animal of
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה	ha./sa.Deh	H7704	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ field
תְּבַקְּעֵֽ/ם	te.va.ke.'E/m	H1234	HVpi3fs/Sp3mp	it will tear to pieces/ them

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

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H1234 — בָּקַע (bâqaʻ, baw-kah'): a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open; make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
• H1677 — דֹּב (dôb, dobe): or (fully) דּוֹב; from דָּבַב; the bear (as slow); bear.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H3833 — לָבִיא (lâbîyʼ, law-bee'): or (Ezekiel 19:2) לְבִיָּא; irregular masculine plural לְבָאִים; irregular feminine plural לְבָאוֹת; from an unused root meaning; compare אֲרִי; to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;)); (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
• H5458 — סְגוֹר (çᵉgôwr, seg-ore'): from סָגַר; properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart); also gold (as generally shut up safely); caul, gold.
• H6298 — פָּגַשׁ (pâgash, paw-gash'): a primitive root; to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur; meet (with, together).
• H7167 — קָרַע (qâraʻ, kaw-rah'): a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them); cut out, rend, [idiom] surely, tear.
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.
• H7909 — שַׁכּוּל (shakkûwl, shak-kool'): or שַׁכֻּל; from שָׁכֹל; bereaved; barren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).

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

• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

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

• as a — 2 Samuel 17:8, Proverbs 17:12, Amos 9:1-3
• wild beast — Psalms 80:13, Isaiah 5:29, Isaiah 56:9, Jeremiah 12:9

Reciprocal references (22): Genesis 49:27, Exodus 4:24, 2 Kings 2:24, Job 10:16, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 50:22, Proverbs 28:15, Isaiah 17:3, Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 5:6, Jeremiah 25:30, Jeremiah 25:38, Lamentations 3:10, Daniel 7:5, Hosea 2:10, Hosea 5:1, Hosea 5:14, Hosea 9:13, Amos 1:2, Amos 4:12, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 13:2

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: BEAR, THE
• Nave’s: LION

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