Ezekiel 26:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִשִּׁפְעַ֥ת סוּסָ֖יו יְכַסֵּ֣ךְ אֲבָקָ֑ם מִקּוֹל֩ פָּרַ֨שׁ וְגַלְגַּ֜ל וָרֶ֗כֶב תִּרְעַ֙שְׁנָה֙ חֽוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ בְּבֹאוֹ֙ בִּשְׁעָרַ֔יִךְ כִּמְבוֹאֵ֖י עִ֥יר מְבֻקָּעָֽה׃

Transliteration

From mishshiph'at his sûsāyw yekassēk their 'ăbāqām; from miqqôl pārash and galgal and wārekeb tir'ashnâ your chômôtayik when he bebô'ô into your bish'ārayik like kimebô'ê 'îr mebuqqā'â.

Grammar Details

*mishshiph'at*: preposition + feminine singular construct - from abundance of
*sûsāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his horses
*yekassēk*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - will cover you
*'ăbāqām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their dust
*miqqôl*: preposition + masculine singular construct - from noise of
*pārash*: masculine singular noun - horseman
*galgal*: masculine singular noun - wheel
*wārekeb*: conjunction + masculine singular noun - and chariot
*tir'ashnâ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will shake
*chômôtayik*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your walls
*bebô'ô*: preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - when he enters
*bish'ārayik*: preposition + masculine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - into your gates
*kimebô'ê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - like entrances of
*'îr*: feminine singular noun - city
*mebuqqā'â*: pual participle, feminine singular - being breached

Word Meanings

*shiph'at*: abundance/multitude/great number
*'ăbāqām*: their dust/their cloud of dust
*galgal*: wheel/chariot wheel/war chariot
*tir'ashnâ*: will shake/will tremble/will quake
*mebuqqā'â*: breached/broken into/laid open

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Referenced Verses

Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Ezek 26:15 : 15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Ezek 27:28 : 28 At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the suburbs shall shake.
Nah 2:3-4 : 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress [spears] are brandished. 4 The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
Ezek 26:7 : 7 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.
Josh 6:5 : 5 And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
Josh 6:20 : 20 So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

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