Ezekiel 21:37

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You will be fuel for the fire; your blood will be spilled in the land, and you will no longer be remembered. For I, the LORD, have spoken.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָאֵ֤שׁ תִּֽהְיֶה֙ לְאָכְלָ֔ה דָּמֵ֥ךְ יִהְיֶ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ הָאָ֑רֶץ לֹ֣א תִזָּכֵ֔רִי כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃ פ

Transliteration

for-ʾēš tihyeh for-ʾāḵlāh dāmēḵ yihyeh in-tôḵ hāʾāreṣ lōʾ tizzāḵērî kî ʾănî YHWH dibbartî

Grammar Details

• *ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
• *tihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - you will be
• *ʾāḵlāh*: noun, feminine singular - food/fuel
• *dāmēḵ*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - your blood
• *yihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be
• *tôḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article with noun, feminine singular - the land/earth
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *tizzāḵērî*: verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - you will be remembered
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *dibbartî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have spoken

Word Meanings

• *ʾēš*: fire/flame
• *tihyeh*: you will be/you shall become
• *ʾāḵlāh*: food/fuel/consumption
• *dāmēḵ*: your blood/your bloodshed
• *tôḵ*: midst/middle/among
• *hāʾāreṣ*: the land/the earth/the ground
• *tizzāḵērî*: you will be remembered/you will be mentioned
• *dibbartî*: I have spoken/I have declared