Ezekiel 30:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵא֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הֵילִ֖ילוּ הָ֥הּ לַיּֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

ben-ʾādām hinnāḇēʾ wə-ʾāmartā kōh ʾāmar ʾădōnāy YHWH hêlîlû hāh la-yyôm

Grammar Details

*ben*-*ʾādām*: construct noun phrase, vocative - son of man
*hinnāḇēʾ*: niphal imperative, masculine singular - prophesy
*wə-ʾāmartā*: conjunction + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall say
*kōh*: adverb - thus/so
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says/said
*ʾădōnāy*: noun with 1st person plural suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: divine name
*hêlîlû*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - wail/howl
*hāh*: interjection - alas/woe
*la-yyôm*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - for the day

Word Meanings

*hêlîlû*: wail/howl/lament
*hāh*: alas/woe/ah (cry of distress)

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Referenced Verses

Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Isa 15:2 : 2 They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
Ezek 21:12 : 12 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.
Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:11 : 11 Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
Zeph 1:11 : 11 Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.
Zech 11:2 : 2 Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.
Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Rev 18:10 : 10 standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Isa 16:7 : 7 Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.
Isa 23:1 : 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
Isa 23:6 : 6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
Isa 65:14 : 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
Jer 4:8 : 8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
Jer 47:2 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
Isa 14:31 : 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

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