Hosea

Hosea 5:14

¹⁴For I am like a lion to Ephraim

and like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, even I, will tear them to pieces

and then go away.

I will carry them off

where no one can rescue them.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I	אָנֹכִ֤י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
am like a lion	כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙	ḵaš·ša·ḥal	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7826 lion
to Ephraim	לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם	lə·’ep̄·ra·yim	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
and like a young lion	וְכַכְּפִ֖יר	wə·ḵak·kə·p̄îr	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3715 young lion
to the house	לְבֵ֣ית	lə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
I	אֲנִ֨י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
I	אֲנִ֤י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will tear them to pieces	אֶטְרֹף֙	’eṭ·rōp̄	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2963 tear, rend, pluck
and then go away	וְאֵלֵ֔ךְ	wə·’ê·lêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
I will carry them off	אֶשָּׂ֖א	’eś·śā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
no one	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
can rescue them	מַצִּֽיל׃	maṣ·ṣîl	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.