Ezekiel 19:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ עָלָ֥יו גּוֹיִ֛ם סָבִ֖יב מִמְּדִינ֑וֹת וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּ עָלָ֛יו רִשְׁתָּ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם נִתְפָּֽשׂ׃

Transliteration

wa-yittənû ʿālāyw gôyim sāḇîḇ mimməḏînôṯ wa-yip̄rəśû ʿālāyw rištām bəšaḥtām nitp̄āś

Grammar Details

*wa-*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yittənû*: 3rd person masculine plural, imperfect, qal - they set
*ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - over him
*gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations
*sāḇîḇ*: adverb - round about
*mimməḏînôṯ*: preposition + feminine plural noun - from provinces
*yip̄rəśû*: 3rd person masculine plural, imperfect, qal - they spread
*rištām*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their net
*bəšaḥtām*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their pit
*nitp̄āś*: 3rd person masculine singular, perfect, niphal - he was caught

Word Meanings

*yittənû*: set/gave/placed/arranged
*gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*mimməḏînôṯ*: from provinces/from jurisdictions/from regions
*yip̄rəśû*: spread/stretched out/laid out
*rištām*: their net/their snare
*bəšaḥtām*: in their pit/in their trap
*nitp̄āś*: was caught/was captured/was seized

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 12:13 : 13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
Ezek 19:4 : 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.
Ezek 17:20 : 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
2 Kgs 24:1-6 : 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kgs 24:11 : 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;
Lam 4:20 : 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

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