Hosea 13:16:9Hos.13.16.W9TABWLC Hosea 14:1

יְרֻטָּ֔שׁוּ

yeruttashu

shall be dashed to pieces

Transliteration
ye-rut-TA-SHU
Extended
yeh-ruht-TAA-shoo
IPA
/jəruṭ.ṭaːˈʃuː/

Meaning by language

English
shall be dashed to pieces

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יְ + רֻט + טָּ֔ + שׁוּ
ye + rut + ta + shu
yeruttashu

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Tett — emphatic
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-rut-TA-SHU

  2. clause

    ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U

  3. sentence

    tish-A-SHAM shom-re-RON KI mar-te-HA be-ve-e-lo-HE-ha ba-KHE-rev yip-PE-LU o-le-LE-hem ye-rut-TA-SHU ve-ha-ri-YO-tav ye-vuk-KA-U

Exegesis

Judgment unfolds through a series of imperfect verbs in Qal and Pual stems—yipolu {יִּפֹּלוּ | yip·pō·lū} ‘they shall fall’, yeruttshu {יְרֻטְּשׁוּ | yə·ruṭ·ṭə·šū} ‘they shall be dashed’, yevukka’u {יְבֻקָּעוּ | yə·vuq·qā·‘ū} ‘they shall be torn open’—with the instrumental bacherav {בַּחֶרֶב | ba·ḥe·rev} ‘by the sword’ indicating means.

In contextHosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God ; by the sword they shall fall, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped open.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Hosea 13:16, so the Hebrew word יְרֻטָּ֔שׁוּ (yeruttashu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Hos.13.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.16.W9.S1) and character.