King James Version

Hosea 13:7

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

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וָאֱהִ֥יvaehiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָהֶ֖םlahemtoלָהֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toכְּמוֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.שָׁ֑חַלshachallionשַׁחַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH7826a lion (from his characteristic roar)(fierce) lion.כְּנָמֵ֖רkenameras leopardנָמֵרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as leopard”, the ordinary formH5246a leopard (from its stripes)leopard.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…דֶּ֥רֶךְderekhalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).אָשֽׁוּרashurbeholdשׁוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “behold”, an unfinished actionH7789to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care forbehold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

Young’s Literal Translation

And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.

World English Bible

Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

Darby Translation

And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

Douay-Rheims

And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς ὡς πανθὴρ, καὶ ὡς πάρδαλις· κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν Ἀσσυρίων