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Ezekiel 18:2 — King James Version← Study notes

What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?


Ezekiel 18:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 18:217 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
לָּ/כֶ֗םlākem
pron
אַתֶּם֙ʾatem
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
מֹֽשְׁלִים֙mōšəliym
be likeverbH4911
compare · use proverb · speak · utter
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/מָּשָׁ֣לhamāšāl
bywordparticleH4912
like · parable · proverb
הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אַדְמַ֥תʾadəmat
countrynounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אָבוֹת֙ʾābwōt
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
יֹ֣אכְלוּyōʾkəlw
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
בֹ֔סֶרbōser
sour grapenounH1155
וְ/שִׁנֵּ֥יwəšinēy
cragconjH8127
forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth
הַ/בָּנִ֖יםhabāniym
sonparticleH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
תִּקְהֶֽינָהtiqəheynāh
be set on edgeverbH6949
be blunt
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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