Hosea 11:6
A sword began in the cities thereof, and it shall waste the chosen men thereof, and shall eat the heads of them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- בַּדbadproperly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying
- חוּלchûwlproperly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance
- כָּלָהkâlâhto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete,
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Hos 13:16, Hos 10:6, Hos 10:14, Psa 106:43, Isa 30:1, Lev 26:33, Psa 106:39, Isa 18:5