Ezekiel 29:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֨ר וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם הַתַּנִּים֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל הָרֹבֵ֖ץ בְּת֣וֹךְ יְאֹרָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֛ר לִ֥י יְאֹרִ֖י וַאֲנִ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽנִי

Transliteration

dabbēr wə-ʾāmartā thus-ʾāmar ʾăḏōnāy YHWH hinənî against you parʿōh meleḵ-miṣrayim the tannîm the gāḏôl the rōḇēṣ in tôḵ yəʾōrāyw which ʾāmar to me my yəʾōrî wa-ʾănî ʿăśîtînî

Grammar Details

*dabbēr*: verb, piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
*wə-ʾāmartā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall say
*ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said
*ʾăḏōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*hinənî*: interjection + 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am
*parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*meleḵ-miṣrayim*: construct phrase - king of Egypt
*tannîm*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - sea monster/dragon/crocodile
*gāḏôl*: adjective, masculine singular with definite article - great/large
*rōḇēṣ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - lying/crouching
*tôḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst of
*yəʾōrāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his rivers/canals
*yəʾōrî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my river/Nile
*wa-ʾănî*: conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
*ʿăśîtînî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular with reflexive suffix - I made myself

Word Meanings

*tannîm*: sea monster/dragon/crocodile/great serpent
*rōḇēṣ*: lying/crouching/resting/lurking
*yəʾōrāyw*: his rivers/his Nile canals/his waterways
*ʿăśîtînî*: I made myself/I created myself/I brought myself into being

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 32:2 : 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Jer 44:30 : 30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
Ps 74:13-14 : 13 Thou didst divide{H8782)} the sea by thy strength: thou brakest{H8765)} the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest{H8765)} the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest{H8799)} him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared{H8737)}: and who may stand{H8799)} in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Deut 8:17 : 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezek 28:22 : 22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
Ezek 29:9-9 : 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
Dan 4:30-31 : 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Rev 12:3-4 : 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Rev 12:16-17 : 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 13:2 : 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Rev 13:4 : 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Rev 13:11 : 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Rev 16:13 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 20:2 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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