King James Version
Ezekiel 24:7 in the King James Version says “For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;”
Ezekiel 24:7 · KJV
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. burn: or, heap
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For her blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of her she set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“she poured”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“to cover”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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