Hosea 9:16
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Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.

their root.

Hosea 9:11-13 As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. . . .

Job 18:16 Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.

Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 40:24 And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

the beloved fruit.

Ezekiel 24:21 Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.

Context
Hosea Announces Israel's Punishment
15All their wickedness is in Galgal, for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their devices I will cast them forth out of my house: I will love them no more, all their princes are revolters. 16Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.17My God will cast them away, because they hearkened not to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.…
Cross References
Job 18:16
Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.

Ezekiel 24:21
Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.

Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.

Hosea 8:7
For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.

Lexicon
Ephraim
אֶפְרַ֔יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory

is struck down;
הֻכָּ֣ה (huk·kāh)
Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

their root
שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם (šā·rə·šām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8328: A root

is withered;
יָבֵ֖שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

they cannot bear
יַעֲשׂ֑וּן (ya·‘ă·śūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

fruit.
פְּרִ֣י (pə·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6529: Fruit

Even
גַּ֚ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

if
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they bear children,
יֵֽלֵד֔וּן (yê·lê·ḏūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

I will slay
וְהֵמַתִּ֖י (wə·hê·mat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

the darlings
מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י (ma·ḥă·mad·dê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4261: Delightful, a delight, object of affection, desire

of their wombs.
בִטְנָֽם׃ (ḇiṭ·nām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything


Additional Translations
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.

Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget children, I will kill the desired fruit of their womb.

Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved [fruit] of their womb.

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb."

Ephraim hath been smitten, Their root hath dried up, fruit they yield not, Yea, though they bring forth, I have put to death the desired of their womb.
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