Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 28:7 Interlinear

Behold therefore I will bring strangers upon thee the terrible of the nations and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom and they shall defile thy brightness

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לָכֵ֗ןH3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
2הִנְנִ֨יH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
3מֵבִ֤יאH935Behold therefore I will bringto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
4עָלֶ֙יךָ֙H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5זָרִ֔יםH2114strangersto turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
6עָרִיצֵ֖יH6184upon thee the terriblefearful, i.e., powerful or tyrannical
7גּוֹיִ֑םH1471of the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
8וְהֵרִ֤יקוּH7324and they shall drawto pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e., empty
9חַרְבוֹתָם֙H2719their swordsdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
10עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11יְפִ֣יH3308against the beautybeauty
12חָכְמָתֶ֔ךָH2451of thy wisdomwisdom (in a good sense)
13וְחִלְּל֖וּH2490and they shall defileproperly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
14יִפְעָתֶֽךָ׃H3314thy brightnesssplendor or (figuratively) beauty

Verse Context

Ezekiel 28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ...
Ezekiel 28:7 (current) Behold therefore I will bring strangers upon thee the terrible of the nations and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom and they shall defile thy brightness
Ezekiel 28:8to the pit They shall bring thee down the deaths and thou shalt die of them that are slain in the midst...

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