Hosea 13:7 Go deeper

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: (KJV)

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וָאֱהִ֥יva.'e.Hiand I became

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Hosea 13:7 word 1

כְּמוֹ\־ke.mov-like

Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: like

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Hosea 13:7 word 2

שָׁ֑חַלSha.chala lion

Lemma: שַׁ֫חַל (sha.chal) · Strong's: H7826

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: lion

Used 7 times. Also: Job 4:10, Job 10:16, Job 28:8, Psalms 91:13, Proverbs 26:13, Hosea 5:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7826; TAHOT Hosea 13:7 word 3

כְּנָמֵ֖רke.na.Merlike a leopard

Lemma: נָמֵר (na.mer) · Strong's: H5246

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: leopard

Used 6 times. Also: Song of Solomon 4:8, Isaiah 11:6, Jeremiah 5:6, Jeremiah 13:23, Habakkuk 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5246; TAHOT Hosea 13:7 word 4

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Hosea 13:7 word 5

דֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekha road

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870L

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: way: journey

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:21, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870L; TAHOT Hosea 13:7 word 6

אָשֽׁוּר\׃'a.ShurI will watch

Lemma: שׁוּר (shur) · Strong's: H7789

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to see

Used 15 times. Also: Numbers 23:9, Numbers 24:17, Job 7:8, Job 17:15, Job 20:9, Job 24:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7789; TAHOT Hosea 13:7 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So like	→	כְּמוֹ H3644G like
a lion	→	שַׁ֫חַל H7826 lion
I will pounce	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
on them	→
like a leopard	→	נָמֵר H5246 leopard
I will lurk	→	שׁוּר H7789 to see
by	→	עַל H5921A upon
the path	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870L way: journey

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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