Leviticus 26:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶתְכֶם֙ אֱזָרֶ֣ה בַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥י אַחֲרֵיכֶ֖ם חָ֑רֶב וְהָיְתָ֤ה אַרְצְכֶם֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְעָרֵיכֶ֖ם יִהְי֥וּ חָרְבָּֽה׃

Transliteration

And you wə-ʾeṯḵem ʾĕzāreh among ḇa-gôyim and wa-hărîqōṯî after you ʾaḥărêḵem ḥāreḇ and wə-hāyəṯâ your land ʾarṣəḵem šəmāmâ and your cities wə-ʿārêḵem yihyû ḥorḇâ.

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾeṯḵem*: conjunction + direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and you
*ʾĕzāreh*: Piel imperfect 1st person singular - I will scatter
*ḇa-gôyim*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - among the nations
*wa-hărîqōṯî*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I will draw
*ʾaḥărêḵem*: preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - after you
*ḥāreḇ*: feminine singular noun - sword
*wə-hāyəṯâ*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - and will be
*ʾarṣəḵem*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your land
*šəmāmâ*: feminine singular noun - desolation
*wə-ʿārêḵem*: conjunction + feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your cities
*yihyû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be
*ḥorḇâ*: feminine singular noun - waste/desolation

Word Meanings

*ʾĕzāreh*: scatter/disperse/winnow
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*hărîqōṯî*: draw out/unsheathe/empty
*ḥāreḇ*: sword/knife/cutting instrument
*hāyəṯâ*: be/become/exist
*ʾarṣəḵem*: your land/country/territory
*šəmāmâ*: desolation/waste/devastation
*ʿārêḵem*: your cities/towns
*yihyû*: be/become/exist
*ḥorḇâ*: waste/ruin/desolation

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:27 : 27 And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.
Ezek 20:23 : 23 Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
Zech 7:14 : 14 but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Ps 44:11 : 11 Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
Jer 9:16 : 16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Ezek 22:15 : 15 And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Jas 1:1 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
Deut 28:64-66 : 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul; 66 and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.
Lam 1:3 : 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
Lam 4:15 : 15 Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [here].
Ezek 12:14-16 : 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries. 16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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