Ezekiel 17:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָזָ֥ה אָלָ֖ה לְהָפֵ֣ר בְּרִ֑ית וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֥ן יָד֛וֹ וְכָל־אֵ֥לֶּה עָשָׂ֖ה לֹ֥א יִמָּלֵֽט׃

Transliteration

And ûbāzâ ʾālâ to ləhāpēr bərît and behold nātan yādô and all-ʾēlleh ʿāśâ not yimmālēṭ

Grammar Details

*ûbāzâ*: waw + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - despised/disdained
*ʾālâ*: noun, feminine singular - oath/curse
*ləhāpēr*: hiphil infinitive construct with preposition - to break/annul
*bərît*: noun, feminine singular - covenant/agreement
*nātan*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - gave/put
*yādô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these (things)
*ʿāśâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - did/made
*yimmālēṭ*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will escape/be delivered

Word Meanings

*ûbāzâ*: despised/disdained/held in contempt
*ʾālâ*: oath/curse/imprecation
*ləhāpēr*: to break/annul/frustrate
*nātan yādô*: gave his hand/pledged/made agreement
*yimmālēṭ*: will escape/be delivered/survive

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 29:24 : 24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
Lam 5:6 : 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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