Ezekiel 21:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֣עַן ׀ לָמ֣וּג לֵ֗ב וְהַרְבֵּה֙ הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים עַ֚ל כָּל־שַׁ֣עֲרֵיהֶ֔ם נָתַ֖תִּי אִבְחַת־חָ֑רֶב אָ֛ח עֲשׂוּיָ֥ה לְבָרָ֖ק מְעֻטָּ֥ה לְטָֽבַח

Transliteration

ləmaʿan lāmûg lēb wə-harbê hammikšōlîm ʿal kol-šaʿărêhem nātattî ʾibḥat-ḥāreb ʾāḥ ʿăśûyâ ləbārāq məʿuṭṭâ ləṭābaḥ

Grammar Details

*ləmaʿan*: preposition + noun - for the sake of/in order that
*lāmûg*: qal infinitive construct with prefix - to melt/dissolve
*lēb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*wə*-*harbê*: conjunction + hiphil infinitive construct - and to multiply
*hammikšōlîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the stumbling blocks/obstacles
*ʿal*: preposition - upon/against
*kol*-*šaʿărêhem*: construct phrase + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all-their gates
*nātattî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have given/placed
*ʾibḥat*-*ḥāreb*: construct phrase - slaughter of sword
*ʾāḥ*: interjection - ah/alas
*ʿăśûyâ*: qal passive participle, feminine singular - made/prepared
*ləbārāq*: preposition + noun - for lightning/gleaming
*məʿuṭṭâ*: pual participle, feminine singular - wrapped/polished
*ləṭābaḥ*: preposition + noun - for slaughter

Word Meanings

*lāmûg*: to melt/dissolve/faint
*lēb*: heart/mind/inner person
*harbê*: multiply/increase/magnify
*hammikšōlîm*: stumbling blocks/obstacles/causes of sin
*ʾibḥat*: slaughter/terror/smiting
*ʿăśûyâ*: made/prepared/fashioned
*bārāq*: lightning/gleaming/flashing
*məʿuṭṭâ*: wrapped/polished/sharpened
*ṭābaḥ*: slaughter/butchering/killing

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Referenced Verses

Jer 49:2 : 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Amos 1:14 : 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Ezek 25:5 : 5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Deut 3:11 : 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Ps 48:12-13 : 12 Walk about{H8798)} Zion, and go round about{H8685)} her: tell{H8798)} the towers thereof. 13 Mark{H8798)} ye well her bulwarks, consider{H8761)} her palaces; that ye may tell{H8762)} it to the generation following.
Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Isa 22:10 : 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Lam 4:12 : 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Sam 12:26 : 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
2 Chr 26:9 : 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
2 Chr 32:5 : 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
2 Chr 33:14 : 14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

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