Ezekiel 35:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת־הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר לְשִֽׁמְמָ֖ה וּשְׁמָמָ֑ה וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עֹבֵ֥ר וָשָֽׁב׃

Transliteration

And nātattî ʾet-har Śēʿîr to šimməmâ and šəmāmâ; and hikrattî from it ʿōḇēr and šāḇ.

Grammar Details

*nātattî*: qal perfect 1st common singular - I will make/give
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*har*: noun masculine singular construct - mountain of
*Śēʿîr*: proper noun - Seir
*šimməmâ*: noun feminine singular - desolation/waste
*šəmāmâ*: noun feminine singular - devastation/waste
*hikrattî*: hiphil perfect 1st common singular - I will cut off
*ʿōḇēr*: qal participle masculine singular - one passing
*šāḇ*: qal participle masculine singular - one returning

Word Meanings

*nātattî*: I will make/give/set
*šimməmâ*: desolation/waste/ruin
*šəmāmâ*: devastation/waste/ruin
*hikrattî*: I will cut off/eliminate/destroy
*ʿōḇēr*: one passing through/traveler
*šāḇ*: one returning/one coming back

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 29:11 : 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Ezek 35:3 : 3 and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.
Ezek 35:9 : 9 I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ezek 33:28 : 28 And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
Judg 5:6-7 : 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways. 7 The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.
2 Chr 15:5-6 : 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

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