Ezekiel 17:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־*מברחו **מִבְרָחָ֤יו בְּכָל־אֲגַפָּיו֙ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֔לוּ וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים לְכָל־ר֣וּחַ יִפָּרֵ֑שׂוּ וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃

Transliteration

And ʾēt all-mibrāḥāyw in all-ʾăgappāyw with the ḥereb yippōlû and the nišʾārîm to all-rûaḥ yippārēśû and wîdaʿtem that I YHWH dibbartî

Grammar Details

*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*mibrāḥāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fugitives
*ʾăgappāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bands/wings/troops
*ḥereb*: definite noun, feminine singular - sword
*yippōlû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will fall
*nišʾārîm*: definite niphal participle masculine plural - the remaining ones
*rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular - wind/direction
*yippārēśû*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will be scattered
*wîdaʿtem*: waw + qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you will know
*YHWH*: divine name
*dibbartî*: piel perfect 1st common singular - I have spoken

Word Meanings

*mibrāḥāyw*: his fugitives/choice ones/choice troops
*ʾăgappāyw*: his bands/wings/troops
*nišʾārîm*: the remaining ones/survivors/those left
*rûaḥ*: wind/direction/quarter
*yippārēśû*: they will be scattered/dispersed/spread

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 25:5 : 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.
2 Kgs 25:11 : 11 And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
Ezek 12:14 : 14 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.
Ezek 5:12 : 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 6:7 : 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 6:10 : 10 And they shall know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
Ezek 13:14 : 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [mortar], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 13:23 : 23 therefore ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 15:7 : 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.
Amos 9:1 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
Amos 9:9-9 : 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as [grain] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth. 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.
Isa 26:11 : 11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
Jer 48:44 : 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
Jer 52:8 : 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Ezek 5:10 : 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.

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