Ezekiel 12:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר סְבִיבֹתָ֥יו *עזרה **עֶזְר֛וֹ וְכָל־אֲגַפָּ֖יו אֱזָרֶ֣ה לְכָל־ר֑וּחַ וְחֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-all who səḇîḇōṯāyw ʿezrô and-all-ʾăgappāyw ʾĕzāreh to-all-rûaḥ and-ḥereḇ ʾārîq after-them

Grammar Details

*səḇîḇōṯāyw*: common noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - around him/his surroundings
*ʿezrô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his help/his helper
*ʾăgappāyw*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wings/bands/troops
*ʾĕzāreh*: piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I will scatter
*rûaḥ*: common noun, feminine singular - wind/direction
*ḥereḇ*: common noun, feminine singular - sword
*ʾārîq*: hiphil imperfect, 1st common singular - I will draw/unsheathe

Word Meanings

*ʾăgappāyw*: his wings/bands/troops/hordes
*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/spirit/direction

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 5:2 : 2 A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
2 Kgs 25:4-5 : 4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Ezek 17:21 : 21 And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Lev 26:33 : 33 And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Jer 42:16 : 16 then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jer 42:22 : 22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn there.
Ezek 5:10-12 : 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds. 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity. 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

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