Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 21:10 Interlinear

to make a sore slaughter It is sharpened that it may glitter should we then make mirth the rod of my son it contemneth as every tree

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לְמַ֨עַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
2טְבֹ֤חַH2874to make a soreproperly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
3טֶ֙בַח֙H2873slaughterto slaughter (animals or men)
4הוּחַ֔דָּהH2300It is sharpenedto be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe
5לְמַעַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
6הֱיֵהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7לָ֥הּH0
8בָּ֖רָקH1300that it may glitterlightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
9מֹרָ֑טָּהH4803to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen
10א֣וֹH176shoulddesire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
11נָשִׂ֔ישׂH7797we then make mirthto be bright, i.e., cheerful
12שֵׁ֥בֶטH7626the roda scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
13בְּנִ֖יH1121of my sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
14מֹאֶ֥סֶתH3988it contemnethto spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
15כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16עֵֽץ׃H6086as every treea tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

Verse Context

Ezekiel 21:9Son of man prophesy Say Say...
Ezekiel 21:10 (current) to make a sore slaughter It is sharpened that it may glitter should we then make mirth the rod of my son it contemneth as every tree
Ezekiel 21:11And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled ...

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