Ezekiel 5:16
{ "verseID": "Ezekiel.5.16", "source": "בְּֽשַׁלְּחִ֡י אֶת־חִצֵּי֩ הָרָעָ֨ב הָרָעִ֤ים בָּהֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית אֲשֶׁר־אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח אוֹתָ֖ם לְשַֽׁחֶתְכֶ֑ם וְרָעָב֙ אֹסֵ֣ף עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֥י לָכֶ֖ם מַטֵּה־לָֽחֶם׃", "text": "*bə-šalləḥî* *ʾet-ḥiṣṣê* *hā-rāʿāb* *hā-rāʿîm* *bāhem* *ʾăšer* *hāyû* *lə-mašḥît* *ʾăšer-ʾăšallaḥ* *ʾôtām* *lə-šaḥetkem* wə-*rāʿāb* *ʾōsēp* *ʿălêkem* wə-*šābartî* *lākem* *maṭṭēh-lāḥem*", "grammar": { "*bə-šalləḥî*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - when I send", "*ʾet-ḥiṣṣê*": "direct object marker + masculine plural construct noun - the arrows of", "*hā-rāʿāb*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the famine", "*hā-rāʿîm*": "definite article + masculine plural adjective - the evil ones", "*bāhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - against them", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*hāyû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they will be", "*lə-mašḥît*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - for destruction", "*ʾăšer-ʾăšallaḥ*": "relative pronoun + piel imperfect 1st person singular - which I will send", "*ʾôtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them", "*lə-šaḥetkem*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to destroy you", "wə-*rāʿāb*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - and famine", "*ʾōsēp*": "hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will increase", "*ʿălêkem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - upon you", "wə-*šābartî*": "conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will break", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you", "*maṭṭēh-lāḥem*": "construct chain, masculine singular + masculine singular - staff of bread" }, "variants": { "*ḥiṣṣê hā-rāʿāb*": "arrows of famine - metaphor for divine judgment", "*lə-mašḥît*": "for destruction/a destroyer", "*ʾōsēp*": "increase/add to/gather", "*maṭṭēh-lāḥem*": "staff of bread - idiom for food supply" } }