Ezekiel 36:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, saith the Lord Jehovah;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֗ן אָדָם֙ לֹא־תֹ֣אכְלִי ע֔וֹד *וגויך **וְגוֹיַ֖יִךְ לֹ֣א *תכשלי־**תְשַׁכְּלִי־ע֑וֹד נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

Transliteration

lākēn 'ādām lō'-tō'kəlî 'ôd wəgôyayik lō təšakkəlî-'ôd nə'um 'ădōnāy YHWH

Grammar Details

*lākēn*: adverb - therefore
*'ādām*: noun, masculine singular - man/mankind/humans
*lō'-tō'kəlî*: negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you shall not devour
*'ôd*: adverb - again/anymore
*wəgôyayik*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - and your nations
*lō*: negative particle - not
*təšakkəlî-'ôd*: piel imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular + adverb - you shall bereave anymore
*nə'um*: noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of
*'ădōnāy*: divine title, plural form with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD

Word Meanings

*tō'kəlî*: you shall devour/eat/consume
*təšakkəlî*: Kethib: *takšîlî* (cause to stumble); Qere: *təšakkəlî* (bereave)
*wəgôyayik*: Kethib: *wəgôyik* (and your nation); Qere: *wəgôyayik* (and your nations)
*nə'um*: declaration/utterance/oracle

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 60:21 : 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Ezek 37:25-28 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Amos 9:15 : 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.

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