Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 38:12 Interlinear

To take a spoil and to take a prey to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations which have gotten cattle and goods that are now inhabited in the midst of the land

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לִשְׁלֹ֥לH7997To taketo drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
2שָׁלָ֖לH7998a spoilbooty
3וְלָבֹ֣זH962and to taketo plunder
4בַּ֑זH957a preyplunder
5לְהָשִׁ֨יבH7725to turnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
6יָדְךָ֜H3027thine handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
7עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8חֳרָב֣וֹתH2723upon the desolate placesproperly, drought, i.e., (by implication) a desolation
9יֹשְׁבֵ֖יH3427that are now inhabitedproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
10וְאֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
11עַם֙H5971and upon the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
12מְאֻסָּ֣ףH622that are gatheredto gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
13מִגּוֹיִ֔םH1471out of the nationsa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
14עֹשֶׂה֙H6213which have gottento do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
15מִקְנֶ֣הH4735cattlesomething bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition
16וְקִנְיָ֔ןH7075and goodscreation, i.e., (concretely) creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth
17יֹשְׁבֵ֖יH3427that are now inhabitedproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
18עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
19טַבּ֥וּרH2872in the midstproperly, accumulated; i.e., (by implication) a summit
20הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776of the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Ezekiel 38:11And thou shalt say I will go up to the land of unwalled villages I will go...
Ezekiel 38:12 (current)To take a spoil and to take a prey to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations which have gotten cattle and goods that are now inhabited in the midst of the land
Ezekiel 38:13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all the young lions...

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