Hosea

Hosea 9:16

¹⁶Ephraim is struck down;

their root is withered;

they cannot bear fruit.

Even if they bear children,

I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֔יִם	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
is struck down	הֻכָּ֣ה	huk·kāh	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
their root	שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם	šā·rə·šām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8328 root
is withered	יָבֵ֖שׁ	yā·ḇêš	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered
they cannot bear	יַעֲשׂ֑וּן	ya·‘ă·śūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H6213 do, make
fruit	פְּרִ֣י	pə·rî	Noun - masculine singular	H6529 fruit
Even	גַּ֚ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
if	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they bear children	יֵֽלֵד֔וּן	yê·lê·ḏūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
I will slay	וְהֵמַתִּ֖י	wə·hê·mat·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H4191 die
the darlings	מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י	ma·ḥă·mad·dê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4261 desire, desirable thing
of their wombs	בִטְנָֽם׃ס	ḇiṭ·nām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H990 belly, body, womb

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.