Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.This verse in the real world
In what words
- אָמַלʼâmalto droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
- דָּגdâga fish (often used collectively)
- אָבַלʼâbalto bewail
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- שָׂדֶהsâdeha field (as flat)
- יָםyâma sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article),
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Zep 1:3, Nam 1:4, Isa 24:4–12, Jer 12:4, Ezk 38:20, Amo 5:16, Jer 4:27–28, Isa 33:9