Hebrew Interlinear
Ezekiel 22:27 Interlinear
“Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy souls to get dishonest gain”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שָׂרֶ֣יהָ | H8269 | Her princes | a head person (of any rank or class) |
| 2 | בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ | H7130 | in the midst | properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) |
| 3 | כִּזְאֵבִ֖ים | H2061 | thereof are like wolves | a wolf |
| 4 | טֹ֣רְפֵי | H2963 | ravening | to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels) |
| 5 | טָ֑רֶף | H2964 | the prey | something torn, i.e., a fragment, e.g., a fresh leaf, prey, food |
| 6 | לִשְׁפָּךְ | H8210 | to shed | to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc |
| 7 | דָּם֙ | H1818 | blood | blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe |
| 8 | לְאַבֵּ֣ד | H6 | and to destroy | properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) |
| 9 | נְפָשׁ֔וֹת | H5315 | souls | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 10 | לְמַ֖עַן | H4616 | properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | |
| 11 | בְּצֹ֥עַ | H1214 | to get | to break off, i.e., (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop |
| 12 | בָּֽצַע׃ | H1215 | dishonest gain | plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust) |
Verse Context
Ezekiel 22:26Her priests have violated my law and I am profaned between the holy ...
Ezekiel 22:27 (current)Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy souls to get dishonest gain
Ezekiel 22:28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter seeing vanity...