Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 36:3 Interlinear

Therefore prophesy Thus saith Thus saith the Lord GOD Because they have made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers and are an infamy of the people

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לָכֵן֙H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
2הִנָּבֵ֣אH5012Therefore prophesyto prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
3אָמַ֖רH559Thus saithto say (used with great latitude)
4כֹּ֥הH3541properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
5אָמַ֖רH559Thus saithto say (used with great latitude)
6אֲדֹנָ֣יH136the Lordthe lord (used as a proper name of god only)
7יְהוִ֑הH3069GODgod
8יַ֣עַןH3282properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
9בְּיַ֡עַןH3282properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
10שַׁמּוֹת֩H8074Because they have made you desolateto stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
11וְשָׁאֹ֨ףH7602and swallowed you upto inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
12אֶתְכֶ֜םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
13מִסָּבִ֗יבH5439on every side(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
14לִֽהְיוֹתְכֶ֤םH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
15מֽוֹרָשָׁה֙H4181that ye might be a possessiona possession
16לִשְׁאֵרִ֣יתH7611unto the residuea remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
17הַגּוֹיִ֔םH1471of the heathena foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
18וַתֵּֽעֲל֛וּH5927and ye are taken upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
19עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
20שְׂפַ֥תH8193in the lipsthe lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
21לָשׁ֖וֹןH3956of talkersthe tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
22וְדִבַּתH1681and are an infamyslander
23עָֽם׃H5971of the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Verse Context

Ezekiel 36:2 Thus saith the Lord GOD Thus saith...
Ezekiel 36:3 (current) Therefore prophesy Thus saith Thus saith the Lord GOD Because they have made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers and are an infamy of the people
Ezekiel 36:4 Therefore ye mountains of Israel hear the word of the Lord...

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