Ezekiel 21:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.”

Ezekiel 21:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 21:2016 words

HebrewMeaning

לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan

because ofpronH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

לָ/מ֣וּגlāmwg

consumepronH4127

dissolve · faint · melt · make soft

לֵ֗בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

וְ/הַרְבֵּה֙wəharəbēh

abundanceconjH7235

archer (by mistake for

הַ/מִּכְשֹׁלִ֔יםhamikəšōliym

caused to fallparticleH4383

offence · thing offered · ruin · stumbling-block

עַ֚לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

שַׁ֣עֲרֵי/הֶ֔םšaʿărēyhem

citynounH8179

door · gate · port

נָתַ֖תִּיnātatiy

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אִבְחַתʾibəḥat

pointnounH19

חָ֑רֶבḥāreb

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

אָ֛חʾāḥ

ahparticleH253

alas

עֲשׂוּיָ֥הʿăśwyāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לְ/בָרָ֖קləbārāq

brightpronH1300

glitter · lightning

מְעֻטָּ֥הməʿuṭāh

wrapped upadjH4593

לְ/טָֽבַחləṭābaḥ

slaughterpronH2874

beast · slay · sore

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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