Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 21:4 Interlinear

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked go forth therefore shall my sword out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יַ֛עַןH3282Seeingproperly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
2אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
3הִכְרַ֥תִּיH3772then that I will cut offto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
4מִמֵּ֖ךְH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
5צַדִּ֣יקH6662from thee the righteousjust
6וְרָשָׁ֑עH7563and the wickedmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
7לָ֠כֵןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
8תֵּצֵ֨אH3318go forthto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
9חַרְבִּ֧יH2719therefore shall my sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
10מִתַּעְרָ֛הּH8593out of his sheatha knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e., empty)
11אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
12כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
13בָּשָׂ֖רH1320against all fleshflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
14מִנֶּ֥גֶבH5045from the souththe south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
15צָפֽוֹן׃H6828to the northproperly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)

Verse Context

Ezekiel 21:3And say to the land of Israel And say the LORD...
Ezekiel 21:4 (current)Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked go forth therefore shall my sword out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north
Ezekiel 21:5may know That all flesh that I the LORD...

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