Hosea 13:8:12Hos.13.8.W12TAB
תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃
tevakkem
“will rip them open”
- Transliteration
- te-vak-KEM
- Extended
- teh-vahk-KEEM
- IPA
- /təvakˈqeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- will rip them open
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
te-vak-KEM
- clause
ve-ok-LEM SHAM ke-la-VI kha-YAT ha-sa-DE te-vak-KEM
- sentence
ef-ge-SHEM ke-DOV shak-KUL ve-ek-RA se-GOR li-BAM ve-ok-LEM SHAM ke-la-VI kha-YAT ha-sa-DE te-vak-KEM
Exegesis
The final clause shifts the grammatical subject to khayyat hassadeh {חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | ḥayyat haś-śā-ḏeh} ‘beast of the field’, and the third person feminine singular verb tevaqem {תְּבַקְּעֵֽם | təvaqqəʿēm} ‘she will rip them open’ treats the collective “beast” as a feminine singular, keeping the Hebrew personification while allowing a natural English subject (“a wild animal”).
Root and etymology
בקעbet–qof–ayin
“to split”
In context — Hosea 13:8
I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and I will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, and the beast of the field will rip them open.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Hosea 13:8, so the Hebrew word תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃ (tevakkem) 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.13.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.8.W12.S1) and character.