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Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Hosea 8:7
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ קָמָ֣ה אֵֽין־ל֗וֹ צֶ֚מַח בְּלִ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂה־קֶּ֔מַח אוּלַ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה זָרִ֖ים יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃

  1. כִּ֛יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. ר֥וּחַRu.ach“a wind”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from רוּחַ · “breath” · Strong's H7307H
  3. יִזְרָ֖עוּyiz.Ra.'u“they sow”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from זָרַע · “to sow” · Strong's H2232
  4. וְסוּפָ֣תָהve.su.Fa.tah“and a storm-wind <towards>”
    Conjunction + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute + Suffix, directional · from סוּפָה · “whirlwind” · Strong's H5492A
  5. יִקְצֹ֑רוּyik.Tzo.ru“they will reap”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from קָצַר · “to reap” · Strong's H7114B
  6. קָמָ֣הka.Mah“standing grain”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from קָמָה · “standing grain” · Strong's H7054
  7. אֵֽין־'ein-“not”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  8. ל֗וֹlo“[belongs] to it”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
  9. צֶ֚מַחTze.mach“growth”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from צֶ֫מַח · “branch” · Strong's H6780
  10. בְּלִ֣יbe.Li“not”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from בְּלִי · “without” · Strong's H1097
  11. יַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-“it will produce”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  12. קֶּ֔מַחKe.mach“flour”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from קֶ֫מַח · “flour” · Strong's H7058
  13. אוּלַ֣י'u.Lai“perhaps”
    Adverb · from אוּלַי · “perhaps” · Strong's H0194
  14. יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.Seh“it will produce”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָשָׂה · “do” · Strong's H6213A
  15. זָרִ֖יםza.Rim“strangers”
    Adjective, masculine, plural, absolute · from זוּר · “be a stranger” · Strong's H2114A
  16. יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃yiv.la.'U.hu“they will swallow it”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from בָּלַע · “to swallow up” · Strong's H1104
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)