Ezekiel
Ezekiel 23:32
32This is what the Lord GOD says:
‘You will drink your sister’s cup,
a cup deep and wide.
It will bring scorn and derision,
for it holds so much.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is what | כֹּ֤ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהֹוִ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַר֙ | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| You will drink | תִּשְׁתִּ֔י | tiš·tî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H8354 drink |
| your sister’s | אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙ | ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H269 sister |
| cup | כּ֤וֹס | kō·ws | Noun - feminine singular construct | H3563 cup |
| a cup deep | הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה | hā·‘ă·muq·qāh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H6013 deep |
| and wide | וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה | wə·hā·rə·ḥā·ḇāh | Conjunctive waw, Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H7342 wide, broad |
| It will bring | תִּהְיֶ֥ה | tih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| scorn | לִצְחֹ֛ק | liṣ·ḥōq | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H6712 laughter |
| and derision | וּלְלַ֖עַג | ū·lə·la·‘aḡ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3933 mocking, derision |
| for it holds | לְהָכִֽיל׃ | lə·hā·ḵîl | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H3557 comprehend, contain |
| so much | מִרְבָּ֥ה | mir·bāh | Noun - feminine singular | H4767 much |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 60:3 · Isaiah 51:17 · Ezekiel 22:4–5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.