Ezekiel 19:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּ בַסּוּגַר֙ בַּֽחַחִ֔ים וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל יְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹת לְמַ֗עַן לֹא־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹל֛וֹ ע֖וֹד אֶל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ

Transliteration

wa-yittənuhû bassûḡar baḥaḥîm wa-yəḇiʾuhû ʾel-meleḵ bāḇel yəḇiʾuhû bamməṣōḏôṯ ləmaʿan lōʾ-yiššāmaʿ qôlô ʿôḏ ʾel-hārê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wa-*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yittənuhû*: 3rd person masculine plural, imperfect, qal + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they put him
*bassûḡar*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the cage
*baḥaḥîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - with hooks
*yəḇiʾuhû*: 3rd person masculine plural, imperfect, hiphil + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they brought him
*ʾel*: preposition - upon
*meleḵ*: masculine singular construct noun - king of
*bāḇel*: proper noun - Babylon
*bamməṣōḏôṯ*: preposition + definite article + feminine plural noun - in strongholds
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yiššāmaʿ*: 3rd person masculine singular, imperfect, niphal - would be heard
*qôlô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his voice
*ʿôḏ*: adverb - again/anymore
*hārê*: masculine plural construct noun - mountains of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*sûḡar*: cage/enclosure/prison
*ḥaḥîm*: hooks/nose-rings/chains
*məṣōḏôṯ*: strongholds/fortresses/nets
*ləmaʿan*: so that/in order that/for the purpose of
*yiššāmaʿ*: would be heard/would resound

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 36:6 : 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Ezek 6:2 : 2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,
Ezek 19:7 : 7 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.
Ezek 36:1 : 1 And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.
Jer 22:18-19 : 18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Jer 36:30-31 : 30 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not.
2 Kgs 24:15 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ezek 19:8
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