Hebrew Interlinear

Ezekiel 7:16 Interlinear

But they that escape of them shall escape and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys all of them mourning every one for his iniquity

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּפָֽלְטוּ֙H6403But they that escapeto slip out, i.e., escape; causatively, to deliver
2פְּלִ֣יטֵיהֶ֔םH6412of them shall escapea refugee
3וְהָי֣וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
5הֶהָרִ֗יםH2022and shall be on the mountainsa mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
6כְּיוֹנֵ֧יH3123like dovesa dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
7הַגֵּאָי֛וֹתH1516of the valleysa gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
8כֻּלָּ֖םH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9הֹמ֑וֹתH1993all of them mourningto make a loud sound (like english 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
10אִ֖ישׁH376every onea 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)
11בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃H5771for his iniquityperversity, i.e., (moral) evil

Verse Context

Ezekiel 7:15The sword is without and pestilence and the famine within ...
Ezekiel 7:16 (current)But they that escape of them shall escape and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys all of them mourning every one for his iniquity
Ezekiel 7:17 All hands shall be feeble and all knees ...

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