{
"verseID": "Ezekiel.29.12",
"source": "וְנָתַתִּ֣י אֶת־אֶרֶץ֩ מִצְרַ֨יִם שְׁמָמָ֜ה בְּת֣וֹךְ ׀ אֲרָצ֣וֹת נְשַׁמּ֗וֹת וְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ בְּת֨וֹךְ עָרִ֤ים מָֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֣יןָ שְׁמָמָ֔ה אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַהֲפִצֹתִ֤י אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וְֽזֵרִיתִ֖ים בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת",
"text": "*wə-nātattî ʾet-ʾereṣ miṣrayim šəmāmāh* in *tôḵ* *ʾărāṣôt nəšammôt* *wə-ʿāreyhā* in *tôḵ* *ʿārîm moḥorāḇôt* *tihyeynā šəmāmāh* *ʾarbāʿîm šānāh* *wa-hăp̄iṣōtî ʾet-miṣrayim* in the *gôyim* *wə-zērîtîm* in the *ʾărāṣôt*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-nātattî*": "conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will make",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾereṣ miṣrayim*": "construct phrase - land of Egypt",
"*šəmāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - desolation",
"*tôḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - midst of",
"*ʾărāṣôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - lands",
"*nəšammôt*": "verb, niphal participle, feminine plural - desolated/devastated",
"*wə-ʿāreyhā*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her cities",
"*ʿārîm*": "noun, feminine plural - cities",
"*moḥorāḇôt*": "verb, hophal participle, feminine plural - laid waste/ruined",
"*tihyeynā*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will be",
"*ʾarbāʿîm*": "numeral - forty",
"*šānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - year",
"*wa-hăp̄iṣōtî*": "conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - and I will scatter",
"*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"*gôyim*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations",
"*wə-zērîtîm*": "conjunction + verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and I will disperse them",
"*ʾărāṣôt*": "noun, feminine plural with definite article - the lands"
},
"variants": {
"*nəšammôt*": "desolated/devastated/made waste",
"*moḥorāḇôt*": "laid waste/destroyed/ruined",
"*hăp̄iṣōtî*": "I will scatter/I will disperse/I will spread abroad",
"*zērîtîm*": "I will disperse them/I will scatter them/I will winnow them"
}
}