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Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkithat
Lemma: כִּי [אם] (ki im) · Strong's: H3588B
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: that if: except
Used 137 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:26, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588B; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 1
אִם\־'im-except
Lemma: [כִּי] אם (ki im) · Strong's: H0518B
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: except
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:26, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518B; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 2
יְגַדְּלוּ֙ye.ga.de.Luthey will bring up
Lemma: גָּדַל (ga.dal) · Strong's: H1431
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)
Meaning: to magnify
Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 24:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1431; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 3
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 4
בְּנֵיהֶ֔םbe.nei.Hemchildren their
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 5
וְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖יםve.shi.kal.Timand I will bereave them
Lemma: שָׁכֹל (sha.khol) · Strong's: H7921A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpq1cs)
Meaning: be bereaved
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 42:36, Genesis 43:14, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 26:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7921A; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 6
מֵֽאָדָ֑םme.'a.Damfrom everyone
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 7
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 8
גַם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 9
א֥וֹי'owoe!
Lemma: אוֹי (oy) · Strong's: H0188
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: woe!
Used 24 times. Also: Numbers 21:29, Numbers 24:23, 1 Samuel 4:7, 1 Samuel 4:8, Proverbs 23:29, Isaiah 3:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0188; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 10
בְּשׂוּרִ֥יbe.su.Riwhen depart I
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to turn aside: depart
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Exodus 8:11, Exodus 8:29, Leviticus 13:58, Numbers 16:26, Deuteronomy 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493H; TAHOT Hosea 9:12 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Even | → | כִּי [אם] H3588B that if: except |
| if | → | [כִּי] אם H0518B if: except |
| they raise | → | גָּדַל H1431 to magnify |
| their children | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| I will bereave them | → | שָׁכֹל H7921A be bereaved |
| of each one | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| Yes | → | כִּי [אם] H3588B that if: except |
| . . . | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| woe [be] | → | אוֹי H0188 woe! |
| to them | → | |
| when I turn away | → | סוּר H5493H to turn aside: depart |
| from them | → |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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