Hosea Chapter 9 verse 16 Holy Bible
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
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The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.
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Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved [fruit] of their womb.
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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.
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Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb."
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Ephraim hath been smitten, Their root hath dried up, fruit they yield not, Yea, though they bring forth, I have put to death the desired of their womb.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) They shall bear no fruit.--Ephraim, whose very name signifies fruitfulness.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territoryis struck down;הֻכָּ֣ה (huk·kāh)Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5221: To striketheir rootשָׁרְשָׁ֥ם (šā·rə·šām)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 8328: A rootis withered;יָבֵ֖שׁ (yā·ḇêš)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, witherthey cannot bearיַעֲשׂ֑וּן (ya·‘ă·śūn)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nunStrong's 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lestfruit.פְּרִ֣י (pə·rî)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 6529: FruitEvenגַּ֚ם (gam)ConjunctionStrong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, andifכִּ֣י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionthey bear children,יֵֽלֵד֔וּן (yê·lê·ḏūn)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nunStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineageI will slayוְהֵמַתִּ֖י (wə·hê·mat·tî)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularStrong's 4191: To die, to killthe darlingsמַחֲמַדֵּ֥י (ma·ḥă·mad·dê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 4261: Delightful, a delight, object of affection, desireof their wombs.בִטְנָֽם׃ (ḇiṭ·nām)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anythingJump to PreviousBear Beloved Birth Blighted Bodies Cherished Children Dearest Death Dried Ephraim E'phraim Forth Fruit Kill Offspring Ones Precious Rod Root Slay Smitten Stricken Struck Withered Womb Yield
