Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 31:17 Interlinear

They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword and they that were his arm that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1גַּםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2הֵ֗םH1992they (only used when emphatic)
3אִתּ֛וֹH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
4יָרְד֥וּH3381They also went downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
5שְׁא֖וֹלָהH7585into hellhades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
6אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
7חַלְלֵיH2491with him unto them that be slainpierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
8חָ֑רֶבH2719with the sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
9וּזְרֹע֛וֹH2220and they that were his armthe arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
10יָשְׁב֥וּH3427that dweltproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
11בְצִלּ֖וֹH6738under his shadowshade, whether literal or figurative
12בְּת֥וֹךְH8432in the midsta bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
13גּוֹיִֽם׃H1471of the heathena foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

Verse Context

Ezekiel 31:16at the sound of his fall to shake I made the nations when I cast him down ...
Ezekiel 31:17 (current) They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword and they that were his arm that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen
Ezekiel 31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness...

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