For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
For they haue ſowen the winde, and they ſhall reape the whirlewinde: it hath no || ſtalke: the budde ſhall yeeld no meale: if ſo be it yeeld, the ſtrangers ſhall ſwallow it vp.
אוּלַי , adverb, ʾulay — perhaps (value 47)
H194,
אוּלַי ʼûwlay, oo-lah'ee; or (shortened) אֻלַי ʼulay; from H176; if not; hence perhaps:—if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.perhaps, peradventure
if peradventure
unless
suppose
Used in 44 Verses, 17 Books 45  Occurrence Count
אַיִן , adverb, noun, negation, ʾayin — nothing, nought (value 61)
H369,
אַיִן ʼayin, ah'-yin; as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle:—else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370.nothing, not, nought
noun
nothing, nought
negation
not
to have not (of possession)
adverb
without
with prepostition
for lack of
Used in 686 Verses, 38 Books 787  Occurrence Count
בְּלִי , adverb of negation, substantive, bəliy — a wearing out (value 42)
H1097,
בְּלִי belîy, bel-ee'; from H1086; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.:—corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.substantive
wearing out
adverb of negation
without, no, not
Used in 57 Verses, 16 Books 58  Occurrence Count
בָּלַע , verb, balaʿ — to swallow down, swallow up, engulf (value 102)
H1104,
בָּלַע bâlaʻ, baw-lah'; a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy:—cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up
(Qal)
to swallow down
to swallow up, engulf
(Niphal) to be swallowed up
(Piel)
to swallow
to swallow up, engulf
squandering (fig.)
(Pual) to be swallowed up
(Hithpael) to be ended
Used in 48 Verses, 15 Books 49  Occurrence Count
זוּר , verb, zur — to be a stranger (value 213)
H2114,
זוּר zûwr, zoor; a primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery:—(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).to be strange, be a stranger
(Qal)
to become estranged
strange, another, stranger, foreigner, an enemy (participle)
loathsome (of breath) (participle)
strange woman, prostitute, harlot (meton)
(Niphal) to be estranged
(Hophal) to be a stranger, be one alienated
Used in 76 Verses, 16 Books 77  Occurrence Count
זָרַע , verb, zaraʿ — to sow, scatter seed (value 277)
H2232,
זָרַע zâraʻ, zaw-rah'; a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify:—bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.to sow, scatter seed
(Qal)
to sow
producing, yielding seed
(Niphal)
to be sown
to become pregnant, be made pregnant
(Pual) to be sown
(Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed
Used in 54 Verses, 19 Books 56  Occurrence Count
כִּי , conjunction, kiy — that, for, when (value 30)
H3588,
כִּי kîy, kee; a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed:—and, (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), but, certainly, doubtless, else, even, except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, (al-) though, till, truly, until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
that
yea, indeed
when (of time)
when, if, though (with a concessive force)
because, since (causal connection)
but (after negative)
that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
but rather, but
except that
only, nevertheless
surely
that is
but if
for though
forasmuch as, for therefore
Used in 3909 Verses, 39 Books 4487  Occurrence Count
סוּפָה , feminine noun, proper locative noun, sufa — a storm wind (value 151)
H5492,
סוּפָה çûwphâh, soo-faw'; from H5486; a hurricane:—Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.feminine noun
storm-wind
proper locative noun
Suphah = "honeycomb: overflow"
a place east of the Jordan
Used in 16 Verses, 9 Books 16  Occurrence Count
עָשָׂה , verb, ʿasa — do, make (value 375)
H6213,
עָשָׂה ʻâsâh, aw-saw'; a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application:—accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.to do, fashion, accomplish, make
(Qal)
to do, work, make, produce
to do
to work
to deal (with)
to act, act with effect, effect
to make
to make
to produce
to prepare
to make (an offering)
to attend to, put in order
to observe, celebrate
to acquire (property)
to appoint, ordain, institute
to bring about
to use
to spend, pass
(Niphal)
to be done
to be made
to be produced
to be offered
to be observed
to be used
(Pual) to be made
(Piel) to press, squeeze
Used in 2285 Verses, 39 Books 2610  Occurrence Count
צֶמַח , masculine noun, tzemah — a sprout, growth (value 138)
H6780,
צֶמַח tsemach, tseh'-makh; from H6779; a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative:—branch, bud, that which (where) grew (upon), spring(-ing).sprout, growth, branch
sprouting, growth, sprout
growth (of process)
sprout, shoot (of Messiah from Davidic tree)
Used in 12 Verses, 7 Books 12  Occurrence Count
קָמָה , feminine noun, kama — standing grain (value 145)
H7054,
קָמָה qâmâh, kuw-maw'; feminine of active participle of H6965; something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain:—(standing) corn, grown up, stalk.Used in 8 Verses, 6 Books 10  Occurrence Count
קֶמַח , masculine noun, kemah — flour, meal (value 148)
H7058,
קֶמַח qemach, keh'-makh; from an unused root probably meaning to grind; flour:—flour, meal.Used in 14 Verses, 10 Books 14  Occurrence Count
קָצַר , verb, katzar — to be short (value 390)
H7114,
קָצַר qâtsar, kaw-tsar'; a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain):—× at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved
(Qal) to be short
(Piel) to shorten
(Hiphil) to shorten
to reap, harvest
(Qal) to reap, harvest
(Hiphil) to reap, harvest
Used in 46 Verses, 18 Books 48  Occurrence Count
רוּחַ , feminine noun, ruah — breath, wind, spirit (value 214)
H7307,
רוּחַ rûwach, roo'-akh; from H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions):—air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).wind, breath, mind, spirit
breath
wind
of heaven
quarter (of wind), side
breath of air
air, gas
vain, empty thing
spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
courage
temper, anger
impatience, patience
spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
prophetic spirit
spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
spirit (as seat of emotion)
desire
sorrow, trouble
spirit
as seat or organ of mental acts
rarely of the will
as seat especially of moral character
Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
as endowing men with various gifts
as energy of life
as manifest in the Shekinah glory
never referred to as a depersonalised force
Used in 348 Verses, 32 Books 378  Occurrence Count
| Hosea 8:7Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ קָמָ֣ה אֵֽין־ל֗וֹ צֶ֚מַח בְּלִ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂה־קֶּ֔מַח אוּלַ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה זָרִ֖ים יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃ |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| For they have sown |
H2232zaraʿ |
זָרַע |
277 |
| the wind, |
H7307ruah |
רוּחַ |
214 |
| and they shall reap |
H7114katzar |
קָצַר |
390 |
| the whirlwind: |
H5492sufa |
סוּפָה |
151 |
| it hath no stalk: |
H7054kama |
קָמָה |
145 |
| the bud |
H6780tzemah |
צֶמַח |
138 |
| shall yield |
H6213ʿasa |
עָשָׂה |
375 |
| no meal: |
H7058kemah |
קֶמַח |
148 |
| if |
H194ʾulay |
אוּלַי |
47 |
| so be it yield, |
H6213ʿasa |
עָשָׂה |
375 |
| the strangers |
H2114zur |
זוּר |
213 |
| shall swallow it up. |
H1104balaʿ |
בָּלַע |
102 |
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