3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 13:3:1 ⧉לָכֵ֗ןlakhentherefore Hosea 13:3:2 ⧉יִֽהְי֨וּ֙yihheyuthey shall be Hosea 13:3:3 ⧉כֶּעָנָ֣ן־בֹּ֔קֶרkeananbokerlike a cloud of morning Hosea 13:3:4 ⧉וְכַטַּ֖לvekhataland like dew Hosea 13:3:5 ⧉מַשְׁכִּ֣יםmashkimrising early Hosea 13:3:6 ⧉הֹלֵ֑ךְholekhgoing away Hosea 13:3:7 ⧉כְּמֹ֥ץkemotslike chaff Hosea 13:3:8 ⧉יְסֹעֵ֖רyesoerwhirled away Hosea 13:3:9 ⧉מִגֹּ֣רֶןmigorenfrom a threshing floor Hosea 13:3:10 ⧉וּכְעָשָׁ֖ןukhashanand like smoke Hosea 13:3:11 ⧉מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃mearubafrom a window |
3. Formal Translation Therefore they will be like a morning cloud and like the dew that goes early away, like chaff driven from the threshing floor and like smoke from a window. |
3. Dynamic Translation So they will disappear like a cloud in the morning, or like early dew that evaporates quickly; they will be blown away like chaff from the threshing floor and vanish like smoke from a window. |