Ezekiel
Ezekiel 14:16
16then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| then as surely | אָ֗נִי | ’ā·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| as I live | חַי־ | ḥay- | Noun - masculine singular | H2416 alive, living |
| declares | נְאֻם֙ | nə·’um | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| even if these | הָאֵלֶּה֮ | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| three | שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת | šə·lō·šeṯ | Number - masculine singular construct | H7969 a three, triad |
| men | הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים | hā·’ă·nā·šîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H582 man, mankind |
| were in it | בְּתוֹכָהּ֒ | bə·ṯō·w·ḵāh | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H8432 midst |
| they could not | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| deliver | יַצִּ֑ילוּ | yaṣ·ṣî·lū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5337 strip, plunder |
| their own sons | בָּנִ֥ים | bā·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| or | וְאִם־ | wə·’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| daughters | בָּנ֖וֹת | bā·nō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H1323 daughter |
| They | הֵ֤מָּה | hêm·māh | Pronoun - third person masculine plural | H1992 they, them |
| alone | לְבַדָּם֙ | lə·ḇad·dām | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H905 separation |
| would be delivered | יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ | yin·nā·ṣê·lū | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5337 strip, plunder |
| but the land | וְהָאָ֖רֶץ | wə·hā·’ā·reṣ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| would be | תִּהְיֶ֥ה | tih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| desolate | שְׁמָמָֽה׃ | šə·mā·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H8077 a devastation, waste |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.