Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 15:5 Interlinear

Behold when it was whole how much less shall it be meet for no work when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned how much less shall it be meet for no work

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1הִנֵּה֙H2009lo!
2בִּֽהְיוֹת֣וֹH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3תָמִ֔יםH8549Behold when it was wholeentire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
4לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5וְנַעֲשָׂ֥הH6213how much less shall it be meetto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
6לִמְלָאכָֽה׃H4399for no workproperly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
7אַ֣ףH637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
8כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9אֵ֤שׁH784when the firefire (literally or figuratively)
10אֲכָלַ֙תְהוּ֙H398hath devouredto eat (literally or figuratively)
11וַיֵּחָ֔רH2787it and it is burnedto glow, i.e., literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)
12וְנַעֲשָׂ֥הH6213how much less shall it be meetto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
13ע֖וֹדH5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
14לִמְלָאכָֽה׃H4399for no workproperly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

Verse Context

Ezekiel 15:4 into the fire Behold it is cast for fuel both...
Ezekiel 15:5 (current) Behold when it was whole how much less shall it be meet for no work when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned how much less shall it be meet for no work
Ezekiel 15:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ...

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