Ezekiel 26:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.”

Ezekiel 26:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 26:412 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/שִׁחֲת֞וּwəšiḥătw

batterconjH7843

cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···

חֹמ֣וֹתḥōmwōt

wallnounH2346

walled

צֹ֗רṣōr

TyrenounH6865

Tyrus

וְ/הָֽרְסוּ֙wəhārəsw

beat downconjH2040

break (down · through) · destroy · overthrow ···

מִגְדָּלֶ֔י/הָmigədāleyhā

castlenounH4026

flower · tower. Compare the names following

וְ/סִֽחֵיתִ֥יwəsiḥēytiy

scrapeconjH5500

עֲפָרָ֖/הּʿăpārāh

ashesnounH6083

dust · earth · ground · morter ···

מִמֶּ֑/נָּהmimenāh

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

וְ/נָתַתִּ֥יwənātatiy

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אוֹתָ֖/הּʾwōtāh

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

לִ/צְחִ֥יחַliṣəḥiyḥa

higher placepronH6706

top

סָֽלַעsālaʿ

rocknounH5553

stone · strong hold

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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