Hosea 4:3
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
סָפַד
çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
עוֹף
ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
סָפַד çâphad
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
Study H5594 →עוֹף ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
Study H5775 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →חַי chay
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
Study H2416 →Cross References
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and suc...
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall s...
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last ...
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
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