Ezekiel 26:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה בַּחֶ֣רֶב יַהֲרֹ֑ג וְנָתַ֨ן עָלַ֜יִךְ דָּיֵ֗ק וְשָׁפַ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ סֹֽלְלָ֔ה וְהֵקִ֥ים עָלַ֖יִךְ צִנָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Your benôtayik bassādeh with the chereb yaharōg, and nātan against you dāyēq, and shāphak against you sôlelâ, and hēqîm against you tsinnâ.

Grammar Details

*benôtayik*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your daughters
*bassādeh*: preposition + masculine singular noun with definite article - in the field
*chereb*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the sword
*yaharōg*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will kill
*nātan*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will set up
*dāyēq*: masculine singular noun - siege wall
*shāphak*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will pour out
*sôlelâ*: feminine singular noun - siege ramp/mound
*hēqîm*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will raise up
*tsinnâ*: feminine singular noun - large shield/buckler

Word Meanings

*benôtayik*: your daughters/your dependent towns
*dāyēq*: siege wall/siege works
*sôlelâ*: siege ramp/siege mound
*tsinnâ*: large shield/shield wall/protective barrier

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 21:22 : 22 In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
Jer 6:6 : 6 For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jer 32:24 : 24 Behold, the mounds, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Jer 52:4 : 4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
2 Sam 20:15 : 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

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