Ezekiel 13:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

say unto them that daub it with untempered [mortar], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱמֹ֛ר אֶל־טָחֵ֥י תָפֵ֖ל וְיִפֹּ֑ל הָיָ֣ה ׀ גֶּ֣שֶׁם שׁוֹטֵ֗ף וְאַתֵּ֜נָה אַבְנֵ֤י אֶלְגָּבִישׁ֙ תִּפֹּ֔לְנָה וְר֥וּחַ סְעָר֖וֹת תְּבַקֵּֽעַ׃

Transliteration

ʾĕmōr ʾel-ṭāḥê tāpēl wə-yippōl hāyāh gešem šôṭēp wə-ʾattēnāh ʾaḇnê ʾelgāḇîš tippōlnāh wə-rûaḥ səʿārôt təḇaqqēaʿ

Grammar Details

*ʾĕmōr*: Qal imperative masculine singular - say
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*ṭāḥê*: Qal participle masculine plural construct - plasterers of
*tāpēl*: masculine singular adjective - whitewash
*wə-yippōl*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it will fall
*hāyāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - there will be
*gešem*: masculine singular noun - rain
*šôṭēp*: Qal participle masculine singular - flooding
*wə-ʾattēnāh*: conjunction + pronoun + 2nd feminine plural - and you (feminine plural)
*ʾaḇnê*: construct masculine plural - stones of
*ʾelgāḇîš*: masculine singular noun - hailstones
*tippōlnāh*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - they will fall
*wə-rûaḥ*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - and wind
*səʿārôt*: feminine plural noun - storms
*təḇaqqēaʿ*: Piel imperfect 3rd feminine singular - will break through

Word Meanings

*tāpēl*: whitewash/untempered mortar/tasteless substance
*gešem*: rain/shower/downpour
*šôṭēp*: flooding/overflowing/sweeping away
*ʾelgāḇîš*: hailstones/hail
*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/spirit
*səʿārôt*: storms/tempests/whirlwinds

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 38:22 : 22 And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Isa 28:2 : 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
Isa 28:15-18 : 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious [corner-] [stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste. 17 And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
Isa 29:6 : 6 She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
Isa 32:19 : 19 But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.
Job 27:21 : 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Ps 18:13-14 : 13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. 14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Ps 32:6 : 6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.
Isa 25:4 : 4 For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Nah 1:7-8 : 7 Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him. 8 But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
Matt 7:25 : 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
Matt 7:27 : 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Luke 6:48-49 : 48 he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

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