Hosea 11:6
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. | A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans. | And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and it will whirl | וְחָלָ֥ה | ve-cha-LAH | H2342J | No entry |
| a sword | חֶ֙רֶב֙ | che-rev | H2719 | swordחֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone |
| in cities his | בְּעָרָ֔יו | be-'a-RAV | H5892B | cityעִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town |
| and it will put an end to | וְכִלְּתָ֥ה | ve-khi-le-TAH | H3615H | to end: finishכָּלָה (ka.lah) : finish 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end … |
| bars his | בַדָּ֖יו | va-DAV | H0907 | blusterבַּד (bad) empty talk, idle talk, liar, lie |
| and it will devour [them] | וְאָכָ֑לָה | ve-'a-KHA-lah | H0398 | to eatאָכַל (a.khal) 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399) |
| from schemes their | מִֽמֹּעֲצ֖וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ | mi-mo-'a-TZO-tei-HEM | H4156 | counselמוֹעֵצָה (mo.e.tsah) counsel, plan, principal, device |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.