Hebrew Interlinear
Ezekiel 21:15 Interlinear
“ may faint that their heart be multiplied and their ruins against all their gates I have set the point of the sword ah it is made bright it is wrapped up for the slaughter”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לְמַ֣עַן׀ | H4616 | properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | |
| 2 | לָמ֣וּג | H4127 | may faint | to melt, i.e., literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint) |
| 3 | לֵ֗ב | H3820 | that their heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 4 | וְהַרְבֵּה֙ | H7235 | be multiplied | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 5 | הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים | H4383 | and their ruins | a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple) |
| 6 | עַ֚ל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 7 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 8 | שַׁ֣עֲרֵיהֶ֔ם | H8179 | against all their gates | an opening, i.e., door or gate |
| 9 | נָתַ֖תִּי | H5414 | I have set | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 10 | אִבְחַת | H19 | the point | brandishing of a sword |
| 11 | חָ֑רֶב | H2719 | of the sword | drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement |
| 12 | אָ֛ח | H253 | ah | oh! (expressive of grief or surprise) |
| 13 | עֲשׂוּיָ֥ה | H6213 | it is made | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 14 | לְבָרָ֖ק | H1300 | bright | lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword |
| 15 | מְעֻטָּ֥ה | H4593 | it is wrapped up | thinned (as to the edge), i.e., sharp |
| 16 | לְטָֽבַח׃ | H2874 | for the slaughter | properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter) |
Verse Context
Ezekiel 21:14 Thou therefore son of man prophesy and smite thine hands...
Ezekiel 21:15 (current) may faint that their heart be multiplied and their ruins against all their gates I have set the point of the sword ah it is made bright it is wrapped up for the slaughter
Ezekiel 21:16Go thee one way or other the right hand either on or on the left whithersoever thy face...