Ezekiel 17:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּח֙ מִזֶּ֣רַע הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת אִתּ֖וֹ בְּרִ֑ית וַיָּבֵ֤א אֹתוֹ֙ בְּאָלָ֔ה וְאֶת־אֵילֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ לָקָֽח׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqqaḥ from zeraʿ the məlûkâ and wayyikrōt with him bərît and wayyābēʾ him in ʾālâ and ʾet-ʾêlê the ʾāreṣ lākāḥ

Grammar Details

*wayyiqqaḥ*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw-consecutive - took/received
*zeraʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - seed of
*məlûkâ*: definite noun, feminine singular - kingdom/royalty
*wayyikrōt*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw-consecutive - cut/made
*bərît*: noun, feminine singular - covenant/agreement
*wayyābēʾ*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw-consecutive - brought/put
*ʾālâ*: noun, feminine singular - oath/curse
*ʾêlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - mighty ones/leaders of
*ʾāreṣ*: definite noun, feminine singular - land/country
*lākāḥ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - took/seized

Word Meanings

*zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendant
*məlûkâ*: kingdom/royalty/royal line
*wayyikrōt*: cut/made/established
*ʾālâ*: oath/curse/imprecation
*ʾêlê*: mighty ones/leaders/chieftains

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 36:13 : 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
2 Kgs 24:15-17 : 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Ezek 17:5 : 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.
Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Jer 24:1 : 1 Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Jer 29:2 : 2 (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem,)
Jer 37:1 : 1 And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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