Hebrew Interlinear
Ezekiel 22:30 Interlinear
“And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it but I found”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁ | H1245 | And I sought | to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after |
| 2 | מֵהֶ֡ם | H1992 | they (only used when emphatic) | |
| 3 | אִ֣ישׁ | H376 | for a man | a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) |
| 4 | גֹּֽדֵר | H1443 | among them that should make up | to wall in or around |
| 5 | גָּדֵר֩ | H1447 | the hedge | a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosure |
| 6 | וְעֹמֵ֨ד | H5975 | and stand | to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) |
| 7 | בַּפֶּ֧רֶץ | H6556 | in the gap | a break (literally or figuratively) |
| 8 | לְפָנַ֛י | H6440 | before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 9 | בְּעַ֥ד | H1157 | in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc | |
| 10 | הָאָ֖רֶץ | H776 | me for the land | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 11 | לְבִלְתִּ֣י | H1115 | properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n | |
| 12 | שַׁחֲתָ֑הּ | H7843 | that I should not destroy | to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) |
| 13 | וְלֹ֖א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 14 | מָצָֽאתִי׃ | H4672 | it but I found | properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present |
Verse Context
Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery...
Ezekiel 22:30 (current)And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it but I found
Ezekiel 22:31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation them with the fire of my wrath upon them I have consumed...