Ezekiel 21:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה֙ כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ עַל־מָ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה נֶאֱנָ֑ח וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ אֶל־שְׁמוּעָ֣ה כִֽי־בָאָ֡ה וְנָמֵ֣ס כָּל־לֵב֩ וְרָפ֨וּ כָל־יָדַ֜יִם וְכִהֲתָ֣ה כָל־ר֗וּחַ וְכָל־בִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙ תֵּלַ֣כְנָה מַּ֔יִם הִנֵּ֤ה בָאָה֙ וְנִֽהְיָ֔תָה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And-hāyāh when-yōʾmərû to-you upon-what you neʾĕnāḥ and-ʾāmartā to-šəmûʿāh that-ḇāʾāh and-nāmēs all-lēḇ and-rāp̄û all-yāḏayim and-kihăṯāh all-rûaḥ and-all-birkayim tēlaḵnāh mayim behold ḇāʾāh and-nihyāṯāh nəʾum ʾăḏōnāy YHWH. [p]

Grammar Details

*hāyāh*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it will be
*yōʾmərû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will say
*neʾĕnāḥ*: niphal participle masculine singular - sighing/groaning
*ʾāmartā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and you shall say
*šəmûʿāh*: feminine singular - report/news
*ḇāʾāh*: qal participle feminine singular - coming
*nāmēs*: niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it will melt
*lēḇ*: masculine singular - heart
*rāp̄û*: qal perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive - and they will be weak
*yāḏayim*: feminine dual - hands
*kihăṯāh*: piel perfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it will grow dim/faint
*rûaḥ*: feminine singular - spirit
*birkayim*: feminine dual - knees
*tēlaḵnāh*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - they will go/flow
*mayim*: masculine plural - water
*nihyāṯāh*: niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it will happen
*nəʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration of
*ʾăḏōnāy*: plural noun with 1st person suffix as divine title - my Lord
*p*: paragraph marker in the Hebrew text

Word Meanings

*šəmûʿāh*: report/news/rumor/tidings
*nāmēs*: melt/dissolve/be fearful
*lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner being
*rāp̄û*: be weak/feeble/slack
*kihăṯāh*: grow dim/faint/be discouraged
*rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/wind/courage
*tēlaḵnāh*: go/flow/run with
*nihyāṯāh*: happen/occur/come to pass
*nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 21:6 : 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Mic 1:8 : 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Ezek 21:14 : 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
Ezek 30:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
Jer 25:34 : 34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Jer 31:12 : 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jer 31:19 : 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Ezek 6:11 : 11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Ezek 9:8 : 8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

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