Ezekiel 26:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמְחִ֣י קָֽבָלּ֔וֹ יִתֵּ֖ן בְּחֹֽמוֹתָ֑יִךְ וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְ יִתֹּ֖ץ בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And mechî qābāllô yittēn against your chômôtāyik, and your migdelôtayik yittōts with his charbôtāyw.

Grammar Details

*mechî*: masculine singular construct - blow/battering of
*qābāllô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his battering ram
*yittēn*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will direct/set
*chômôtāyik*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your walls
*migdelôtayik*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your towers
*yittōts*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will break down
*charbôtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his weapons/swords

Word Meanings

*mechî qābāllô*: stroke of his battering ram/impact of his siege engines
*charbôtāyw*: his weapons/his swords/his demolition tools

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 26:15 : 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

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