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Hosea 9:11-13

11As forEphraimאֶפְרַ֕יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,their gloryכְּבוֹדָ֑םke.vo.DamH3519shall fly awayיִתְעוֹפֵ֣ףyit.'o.FefH5774like a birdכָּע֖וֹףka.'ofH5775,from the birthמִלֵּדָ֥הmi.le.DahH3205,and from the wombוּמִבֶּ֖טֶןu.mi.Be.tenH990,and from the conceptionוּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃u.me.he.ra.YonH2032.

12Though they bring upיְגַדְּלוּ֙ye.ga.de.LuH1431their childrenבְּנֵיהֶ֔םbe.nei.HemH1121,yet will I bereaveוְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖יםve.shi.kal.TimH7921them, that there shall not bea manמֵֽאָדָ֑םme.'a.DamH120left:yea, woeא֥וֹי'oH188also to them when I departבְּשׂוּרִ֥יbe.su.RiH5493from them!

13Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,as I sawרָאִ֥יתִיra.'I.tiH7200Tyreלְצ֖וֹרle.TzorH6865, isplantedשְׁתוּלָ֣הshe.tu.LahH8362in a pleasant placeבְנָוֶ֑הve.na.VehH5116:but Ephraimוְאֶפְרַ֕יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669shall bring forthלְהוֹצִ֥יאle.ho.Tzi'H3318his childrenבָּנָֽיו׃ba.NavH1121to the murdererהֹרֵ֖גho.RegH2026.

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