Hosea 9:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

Young's Literal Translation
Ephraim is looking [away] from My God, The prophet! a snare of a fowler [is] over all his ways, Hatred [is] in the house of his God.

King James Bible
The watchman of Ephraim [was] with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.

Hebrew
The prophet
נָבִ֞יא (nā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

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

watchman,
צֹפֶ֥ה (ṣō·p̄eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

along with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

my God,
אֱלֹהָ֑י (’ĕ·lō·hāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

[yet] the snare
פַּ֤ח (paḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6341: A, sheet, a spring net

of the fowler
יָקוֹשׁ֙ (yā·qō·wōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3352: Entangling, a snarer

[lies] on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his paths.
דְּרָכָ֔יו (də·rā·ḵāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

Hostility
מַשְׂטֵמָ֖ה (maś·ṭê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4895: Animosity

is in the house
בְּבֵ֥ית (bə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of his God!
אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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