Ezekiel 29:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּתָפְשָׂ֨ם בְּךָ֤ *בכפך *בַכַּף֙ תֵּר֔וֹץ וּבָקַעְתָּ֥ לָהֶ֖ם כָּל־כָּתֵ֑ף וּבְהִֽשָּׁעֲנָ֤ם עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֥ לָהֶ֖ם כָּל־מָתְנָֽיִם

Transliteration

In tāpśām in you in the kap tērôṣ ûḇāqaʿtā to them all-kātēp and in hiššāʿănām upon you tiššāḇēr wə-haʿămaḏtā to them all-mātnāyim

Grammar Details

*tāpśām*: verb, qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their grasping
*kap*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - hand/palm
*tērôṣ*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will break/shatter
*ûḇāqaʿtā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will split/pierce
*kātēp*: noun, feminine singular - shoulder
*hiššāʿănām*: verb, niphal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their leaning
*tiššāḇēr*: verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will be broken
*wə-haʿămaḏtā*: conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will cause to stand/make steady
*mātnāyim*: noun, masculine dual - loins/hips

Word Meanings

*tāpśām*: their grasping/their taking hold/their seizing
*kap*: palm/hand/hollow of hand
*tērôṣ*: you break/you splinter/you shatter
*ûḇāqaʿtā*: you split/you tear/you pierce
*hiššāʿănām*: their leaning/their relying/their supporting themselves

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Ezek 17:15-17 : 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape? 16 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.
Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Prov 25:19 : 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is [like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Isa 36:6 : 6 Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.
Jer 17:5-6 : 5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
Jer 37:5-9 : 5 And Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem. 6 Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart. 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. 11 And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

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