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Hosea 13:8

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

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אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙efgeshemmeetפָּגַשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “meet”, an unfinished actionH6298to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concurmeet (with, together).כְּדֹ֣בkedovas bearדֹּבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as bear”, the ordinary formH1677the bear (as slow)bear.שַׁכּ֔וּלshakulbereaved of childrenשַׁכּוּלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bereaved of children”, the ordinary formH7909bereavedbarren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).וְאֶקְרַ֖עveeqraand rendקָרַעconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and rend”, an unfinished actionH7167to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)cut out, rend, [idiom] surely, tear.סְג֣וֹרsegorgoldסְגוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “gold”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5458properly, shut up, i.e. the breast (as enclosing the heart); also gold (as generally shut up safely)caul, gold.לִבָּ֑םlibamcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…וְאֹכְלֵ֥םveokhelemand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.שָׁם֙shamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.כְּלָבִ֔יאkelavias lionלָבִיאpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as lion”, the ordinary formH3833to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))(great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).חַיַּ֥תchayatlifeחַיnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.הַשָּׂדֶ֖הhasadehthe fieldשָׂדֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.תְּבַקְּעֵֽםtevaqembreak forthבָּקַעverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “break forth”, an unfinished actionH1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openmake a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

Young’s Literal Translation

I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

World English Bible

I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

Darby Translation

I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.

Douay-Rheims

I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀπαντήσομαι αὐτοῖς ὡς ἄρκτος ἡ ἀπορουμένη, καὶ διαῤῥήξω συγκλεισμὸν καρδίας αὐτῶν, καὶ καταφάγονται αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ σκύμνοι δρυμοῦ, θηρία ἀγροῦ διασπάσει αὐτούς.