Hebrew Interlinear

Hosea 13:3 Interlinear

cloud Therefore they shall be as the morning dew and as the early that passeth away as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor and as the smoke out of the chimney

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לָכֵ֗ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
2יִֽהְיוּ֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3כַּעֲנַןH6051clouda cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud
4בֹּ֔קֶרH1242Therefore they shall be as the morningproperly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
5וְכַטַּ֖לH2919dewdew (as covering vegetation)
6מַשְׁכִּ֣יםH7925and as the earlyliterally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning
7הֹלֵ֑ךְH1980that passeth awayto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
8כְּמֹץ֙H4671as the chaffchaff (as pressed out, i.e., winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)
9יְסֹעֵ֣רH5590that is driven with the whirlwindto rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
10מִגֹּ֔רֶןH1637out of the floora threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
11וּכְעָשָׁ֖ןH6227and as the smokesmoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
12מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃H699out of the chimneya lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)

Verse Context

Hosea 13:2 more and more And now they sin and have made them molten images...
Hosea 13:3 (current) cloud Therefore they shall be as the morning dew and as the early that passeth away as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor and as the smoke out of the chimney
Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the LORD no god from the land of Egypt no god...

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