Hebrew Interlinear
Ezekiel 22:27 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ezekiel 22:27, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“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...