Ezekiel 21:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ עַל־מָ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה נֶאֱנָ֑ח וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ אֶל־שְׁמוּעָ֣ה כִֽי־בָאָ֡ה וְנָמֵ֣ס כָּל־לֵב֩ וְרָפ֨וּ כָל־יָדַ֜יִם וְכִהֲתָ֣ה כָל־ר֗וּחַ וְכָל־בִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙ תֵּלַ֣כְנָה מַּ֔יִם הִנֵּ֤ה בָאָה֙ וְנִֽהְיָ֔תָה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And-hāyāh when-yōʾmərû to-you upon-what you neʾĕnāḥ and-ʾāmartā to-šəmûʿāh that-ḇāʾāh and-nāmēs all-lēḇ and-rāp̄û all-yāḏayim and-kihăṯāh all-rûaḥ and-all-birkayim tēlaḵnāh mayim behold ḇāʾāh and-nihyāṯāh nəʾum ʾăḏōnāy YHWH. [p]

Grammar Details

*hāyāh*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it will be
*yōʾmərû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will say
*neʾĕnāḥ*: niphal participle masculine singular - sighing/groaning
*ʾāmartā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and you shall say
*šəmûʿāh*: feminine singular - report/news
*ḇāʾāh*: qal participle feminine singular - coming
*nāmēs*: niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it will melt
*lēḇ*: masculine singular - heart
*rāp̄û*: qal perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive - and they will be weak
*yāḏayim*: feminine dual - hands
*kihăṯāh*: piel perfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it will grow dim/faint
*rûaḥ*: feminine singular - spirit
*birkayim*: feminine dual - knees
*tēlaḵnāh*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - they will go/flow
*mayim*: masculine plural - water
*nihyāṯāh*: niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it will happen
*nəʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration of
*ʾăḏōnāy*: plural noun with 1st person suffix as divine title - my Lord
*p*: paragraph marker in the Hebrew text

Word Meanings

*šəmûʿāh*: report/news/rumor/tidings
*nāmēs*: melt/dissolve/be fearful
*lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner being
*rāp̄û*: be weak/feeble/slack
*kihăṯāh*: grow dim/faint/be discouraged
*rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/wind/courage
*tēlaḵnāh*: go/flow/run with
*nihyāṯāh*: happen/occur/come to pass
*nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 21:6 : 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.
Mic 1:8 : 8 For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
Ezek 21:14 : 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which entereth into their chambers.
Ezek 30:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!
Jer 25:34 : 34 Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.
Jer 31:12 : 12 And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jer 31:19 : 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Ezek 6:11 : 11 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Ezek 9:8 : 8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?

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