Hosea 9:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
פְּרִי
fruit
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פְּרִי
Fruit. Periy. The natural result of being rooted in the right place. Fruit is not forced. It simply grows from the right connection to the right source.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
root/ their
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
Root, bottom, foundation. Shoresh. He grew up like a root out of dry ground. God grows His greatest works in the hardest soil.
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יָלַד
they masc will give birth/ !
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יָלַד
they masc will give birth/ !
Begotten, born — yalad; to bring forth; Psalm 2:7 Today I have begotten You points directly to the resurrection of Christ
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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יָבֵשׁ
it has dried up
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יָבֵשׁ
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
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מַחְמָד
the precious things of
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מַחְמָד
delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
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נָכָה
he has been struck
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נָכָה
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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