Ezekiel 19:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.”

Ezekiel 19:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 19:211 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֗wəʾāmarətā

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

מָ֤הmāh

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

אִמְּ/ךָ֙ʾiməkā

damnounH517

mother · parting

לְבִיָּ֔אləbiyāʾ

(greatnounH3833

old · stout) lion · lioness · young

בֵּ֥יןbēyn

amongpronH996

asunder · at · between · from ···

אֲרָי֖וֹתʾărāywōt

lionnounH738

pierce

רָבָ֑צָהrābāṣāh

crouchverbH7257

fall down · make a fold · lay · (cause to ···

בְּ/ת֥וֹךְbətwōkə

amongpronH8432

between · half · (there- · where-) ···

כְּפִרִ֖יםkəpiriym

lionnounH3715

village. Compare

רִבְּתָ֥הribətāh

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

גוּרֶֽי/הָgwreyhā

whelpnounH1482

young one

ℹWords 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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