Verse 1

{ "verseID": "Ezekiel.9.1", "source": "וַיִּקְרָ֣א בְאָזְנַ֗י ק֤וֹל גָּדוֹל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר קָרְב֖וּ פְּקֻדּ֣וֹת הָעִ֑יר וְאִ֛ישׁ כְּלִ֥י מַשְׁחֵת֖וֹ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃", "text": "And *wayyiqrāʾ* in *ʾoznay* *qôl gādôl* *lēʾmōr*, *qārbû pĕquddôt hāʿîr*, and *ʾîš kĕlî mašḥētô* in *yādô*.", "grammar": { "*wayyiqrāʾ*": "waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called/cried out", "*ʾoznay*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - my ears", "*qôl gādôl*": "noun masculine singular + adjective masculine singular - loud voice", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying", "*qārbû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - draw near/approach", "*pĕquddôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - punishments/overseers of", "*hāʿîr*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the city", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - each man/each one", "*kĕlî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - weapon/instrument of", "*mašḥētô*": "hiphil participle + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his destruction/his destroying", "*yādô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand" }, "variants": { "*wayyiqrāʾ*": "he called out/he cried out/he proclaimed", "*pĕquddôt*": "punishments/overseers/appointed judgments/officers", "*kĕlî*": "weapon/instrument/tool/implement", "*mašḥētô*": "his destruction/his destructive [weapon]/his slaughter" } }

Verse 2

{ "verseID": "Ezekiel.9.2", "source": "וְהִנֵּ֣ה שִׁשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֡ים בָּאִ֣ים ׀ מִדֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֨עַר הָעֶלְי֜וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ מָפְנֶ֣ה צָפ֗וֹנָה וְאִ֨ישׁ כְּלִ֤י מַפָּצוֹ֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וְאִישׁ־אֶחָ֤ד בְּתוֹכָם֙ לָבֻ֣שׁ בַּדִּ֔ים וְקֶ֥סֶת הַסֹּפֵ֖ר בְּמָתְנָ֑יו וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל מִזְבַּ֥ח הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃", "text": "And *hinnēh šiššāh ʾănāšîm bāʾîm* from *derekšaʿar hāʿelyôn ʾăšer māpneh ṣāpônāh*, and *ʾîš kĕlî mappāṣô* in *yādô*, and *ʾîš-ʾeḥād* among *tôkām lābûš baddîm*, and *qeset hassōpēr* at *motnāyw*. And *wayyābōʾû* and *wayyaʿamdû* beside *mizbaḥ hannĕḥōšet*.", "grammar": { "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold/lo", "*šiššāh*": "cardinal number, masculine - six", "*ʾănāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - men", "*bāʾîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - coming", "*derekšaʿar*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular construct - way of the gate", "*hāʿelyôn*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the upper", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which", "*māpneh*": "hophal participle, masculine singular - was facing/turned", "*ṣāpônāh*": "noun, feminine singular + directional heh - northward", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - each man", "*kĕlî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - weapon of", "*mappāṣô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his smashing/shattering", "*yādô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand", "*ʾîš-ʾeḥād*": "noun, masculine singular + adjective, masculine singular - one man", "*tôkām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their midst", "*lābûš*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular - clothed", "*baddîm*": "noun, masculine plural - linen", "*qeset*": "noun, feminine singular construct - inkhorn/writing case of", "*hassōpēr*": "definite article + qal participle, masculine singular - the scribe", "*motnāyw*": "noun, masculine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his loins/waist", "*wayyābōʾû*": "waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they came", "*wayyaʿamdû*": "waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they stood", "*mizbaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - altar of", "*hannĕḥōšet*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the bronze/copper" }, "variants": { "*mappāṣô*": "his smashing/his shattering [weapon]/his club/his sledgehammer", "*baddîm*": "linen (clothing)/linen garments", "*qeset*": "inkhorn/writing case/scribal equipment", "*hassōpēr*": "the scribe/the writer/the secretary" } }

Verse 3

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Verse 4

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Verse 6

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Verse 8

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Verse 9

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Verse 11

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