Ezekiel 13:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִנֵּ֖ה נָפַ֣ל הַקִּ֑יר הֲלוֹא֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אַיֵּ֥ה הַטִּ֖יחַ אֲשֶׁ֥ר טַחְתֶּֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-hinnēh nāpal ha-qqîr hălôʾ yēʾāmēr ʾălêḵem ʾayyēh ha-ṭṭîaḥ ʾăšer ṭaḥtem

Grammar Details

*wə-hinnēh*: conjunction + interjection - and behold
*nāpal*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has fallen
*ha-qqîr*: article + masculine singular noun - the wall
*hălôʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - will not
*yēʾāmēr*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it will be said
*ʾălêḵem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you
*ʾayyēh*: interrogative adverb - where
*ha-ṭṭîaḥ*: article + masculine singular noun - the plaster
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ṭaḥtem*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you plastered

Word Meanings

*qîr*: wall/side
*ṭîaḥ*: plaster/coating/layer

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:37 : 37 And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;
Judg 9:38 : 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.
Judg 10:14 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.
2 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
Jer 29:31-32 : 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie; 32 therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto my people, saith Jehovah, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.
Jer 37:19 : 19 Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Lam 2:14-15 : 14 Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment. 15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying], Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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