Hosea 5:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֤י כַשַּׁ֙חַל֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם וְכַכְּפִ֖יר לְבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲנִ֨י אֲנִ֤י אֶטְרֹף֙ וְאֵלֵ֔ךְ אֶשָּׂ֖א וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

For ʾānōḵî like-the-šaḥal to-ʾEp̄rayim, wə-like-the-kəp̄îr to-house of-Yəhûḏâ; ʾănî ʾănî ʾeṭrōp̄ wə-ʾēlēḵ, ʾeśśā wə-none maṣṣîl.

Grammar Details

*ʾānōḵî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*šaḥal*: noun, masculine singular - lion/young lion
*ʾEp̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
*wə*: conjunction - and
*kəp̄îr*: noun, masculine singular - young lion
*Yəhûḏâ*: proper noun - Judah
*ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*ʾeṭrōp̄*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will tear/rend
*ʾēlēḵ*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will go/depart
*ʾeśśā*: imperfect, 1st person singular - I will carry away/take away
*maṣṣîl*: participle, hiphil, masculine singular - one who delivers/rescues

Word Meanings

*šaḥal*: lion/young lion/fierce lion
*kəp̄îr*: young lion/strong lion
*ʾeṭrōp̄*: I will tear/I will rend/I will ravage
*ʾēlēḵ*: I will go/I will depart/I will walk away
*ʾeśśā*: I will carry away/I will take away/I will bear off
*maṣṣîl*: one who delivers/one who rescues/one who saves

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:2 : 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
Isa 5:29 : 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Lam 3:10 : 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Amos 2:14 : 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Amos 3:4-8 : 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Job 10:7 : 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Job 10:16 : 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Deut 28:31 : 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

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Hos 13:7-9
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7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
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11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Jer 5:6
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6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Hos 11:8-10
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8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
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Mic 5:8
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8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
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11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
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Hos 5:9
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Jer 4:7
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7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
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19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
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12Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
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Mic 5:15
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Ezek 19:5-6
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5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
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Ezek 19:3
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