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Ezekiel 17:14 Interlinear

“ That the kingdom might be base that it might not lift itself up but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand”

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Ezekiel 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	לִֽהְיוֹת֙	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	מַמְלָכָ֣ה	H4467	That the kingdom	dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
3	שְׁפָלָ֔ה	H8217	might be base	depressed, literally or figuratively
4	לְבִלְתִּ֖י	H1115		properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
5	הִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א	H5375	that it might not lift itself up	to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
6	לִשְׁמֹ֥ר	H8104	but that by keeping	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
7	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8	בְּרִית֖וֹ	H1285	of his covenant	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
9	לְעָמְדָֽהּ׃	H5975	it might stand	to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

Ezekiel 17:14 (current) That the kingdom might be base that it might not lift itself up but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand