Ezekiel 19:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יו וְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם הֶחֱרִ֑יב וַתֵּ֤שַׁם אֶ֙רֶץ֙ וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ מִקּ֖וֹל שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wa-yêḏaʿ ʾalmənoṯāyw wə-ʿārêhem heḥĕrîḇ wa-têšam ʾereṣ ûməlōʾāh miqqôl šaʾăḡāṯô

Grammar Details

*wa-*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yêḏaʿ*: 3rd person masculine singular, imperfect, qal - he knew
*ʾalmənoṯāyw*: feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his widows
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʿārêhem*: feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their cities
*heḥĕrîḇ*: 3rd person masculine singular, perfect, hiphil - he laid waste
*têšam*: 3rd person feminine singular, imperfect, qal - it was desolate
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
*û-*: conjunction - and
*məlōʾāh*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its fullness
*miqqôl*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - from the voice of
*šaʾăḡāṯô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his roaring

Word Meanings

*yêḏaʿ*: knew/was acquainted with/violated
*ʾalmənoṯāyw*: his widows/his palaces (if read *ʾarmənoṯāyw*)
*heḥĕrîḇ*: laid waste/destroyed/devastated
*têšam*: was desolate/was devastated/was laid waste
*məlōʾāh*: its fullness/its abundance/all that fills it
*šaʾăḡāṯô*: his roaring/his growling

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 30:12 : 12 And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Amos 6:8 : 8 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Prov 28:3 : 3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Prov 28:15-16 : 15 [ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people. 16 The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; [But] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Ezek 12:19 : 19 and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Ezek 22:25 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

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