Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.This verse in the real world
In what words
- קָמָהqâmâhsomething that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain
- צֶמַחtsemacha sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative
- אוּלַיʼûwlayif not; hence perhaps
- סוּפָהçûwphâha hurricane
- קֶמַחqemachflour
- קָצַרqâtsarto dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially
- זָרַעzâraʻto sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
- זוּרzûwrto turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specific
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.