12. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 2:12:1 ⧉וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֗יvahashimotiand I will lay waste Hosea 2:12:2 ⧉גַּפְנָהּ֙gafnahher vine Hosea 2:12:3 ⧉וְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּveenatahand her fig tree Hosea 2:12:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich Hosea 2:12:5 ⧉אָמְרָ֗הamrashe said Hosea 2:12:6 ⧉אֶתְנָ֤הetnaa wage Hosea 2:12:7 ⧉הֵ֙מָּה֙hemathey are Hosea 2:12:8 ⧉לִ֔יlito me or for me Hosea 2:12:9 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich Hosea 2:12:10 ⧉נָֽתְנוּ־לִ֖יnatnulithey gave to me Hosea 2:12:11 ⧉מְאַהֲבָ֑יmeahavaimy lovers Hosea 2:12:12 ⧉וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יםvesamtimand I will make them Hosea 2:12:13 ⧉לְיַ֖עַרleyaaras a forest Hosea 2:12:14 ⧉וַאֲכָלָ֥תַםvaakhalatamand will devour them Hosea 2:12:15 ⧉חַיַּ֥תkhayatbeast of Hosea 2:12:16 ⧉הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃hasadethe field |
12. Formal Translation And I will make her vine and her fig tree desolate, which she said were my wages that my lovers gave me. Then I will turn them into a forest, and the beast of the field will eat them. |
12. Dynamic Translation I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees that she said were her pay from her lovers. I will turn them into a thicket, and wild animals will consume them. |