Ezekiel 21:24
{ "verseID": "Ezekiel.21.24", "source": "וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־אָדָ֜ם שִׂים־לְךָ֣ ׀ שְׁנַ֣יִם דְּרָכִ֗ים לָבוֹא֙ חֶ֣רֶב מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ אֶחָ֖ד יֵצְא֣וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם וְיָ֣ד בָּרֵ֔א בְּרֹ֥אשׁ דֶּֽרֶךְ־עִ֖יר בָּרֵֽא", "text": "*wə*-*ʾattâ* *ben*-*ʾādām* *śîm*-*ləkā* *šənayim* *dərākîm* *lābôʾ* *ḥereb* *melek*-*bābel* *mēʾereṣ* *ʾeḥād* *yēṣəʾû* *šənêhem* *wə*-*yād* *bārēʾ* *bərōʾš* *derek*-*ʿîr* *bārēʾ*", "grammar": { "*wə*-*ʾattâ*": "conjunction + pronoun, masculine singular - and you", "*ben*-*ʾādām*": "construct phrase - son of man", "*śîm*-*ləkā*": "qal imperative, masculine singular + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - set for yourself", "*šənayim*": "numeral, masculine dual - two", "*dərākîm*": "noun, feminine plural - ways/roads", "*lābôʾ*": "qal infinitive construct + preposition - for the coming of", "*ḥereb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword", "*melek*-*bābel*": "construct phrase - king of Babylon", "*mēʾereṣ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from land", "*ʾeḥād*": "numeral, masculine singular - one", "*yēṣəʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will go out", "*šənêhem*": "numeral, masculine dual construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - both of them", "*wə*-*yād*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and hand/marker", "*bārēʾ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - create/cut/mark", "*bərōʾš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - at the head of", "*derek*-*ʿîr*": "construct phrase - way of city", "*bārēʾ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - create/cut/mark" }, "variants": { "*śîm*": "set/place/appoint", "*dərākîm*": "ways/roads/paths", "*lābôʾ*": "to come/for coming/to enter", "*ḥereb*": "sword/warfare/destruction", "*mēʾereṣ*": "from land/from country/from territory", "*yēṣəʾû*": "they go out/they proceed/they depart", "*yād*": "hand/marker/sign/memorial", "*bārēʾ*": "create/cut/choose/mark", "*bərōʾš*": "at head of/at beginning of/at top of", "*ʿîr*": "city/town/settlement" } }