Original Language Studio
Hosea 13:8
“I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6298 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- meet (with, together).
- Grammar
- אֶפְגְּשֵׁ — verb Qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- ם֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 32:18Genesis 33:8Exodus 4:24Exodus 4:271 Samuel 25:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פָּגַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.