Hosea 13:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

Young's Literal Translation
I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Like a bear
כְּדֹ֣ב (kə·ḏōḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1677: The bear

robbed of her cubs,
שַׁכּ֔וּל (šak·kūl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7909: Childless

I will attack them,
אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ (’ep̄·gə·šêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6298: To come in contact with, to concur

and I will tear
וְאֶקְרַ֖ע (wə·’eq·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7167: To rend

open their chests.
סְג֣וֹר (sə·ḡō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5458: Shut up, the breast, gold

There
שָׁם֙ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

I will devour them
וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם (wə·’ō·ḵə·lêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

like a lion,
כְּלָבִ֔יא (kə·lā·ḇî)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3833: To roar, a lion,

like a wild
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

beast
חַיַּ֥ת (ḥay·yaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

would tear them apart.
תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃ (tə·ḇaq·qə·‘êm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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