Ezekiel
Ezekiel 26:4
4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They will destroy | וְשִׁחֲת֞וּ | wə·ši·ḥă·ṯū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
| the walls | חֹמ֣וֹת | ḥō·mō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H2346 wall |
| of Tyre | צֹ֗ר | ṣōr | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6865 Tyre |
| and demolish | וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ | wə·hā·rə·sū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H2040 throw down, break or tear down |
| her towers | מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ | miḡ·dā·le·hā | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H4026 tower |
| I will scrape | וְסִֽחֵיתִ֥י | wə·si·ḥê·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5500 scrape |
| the soil | עֲפָרָ֖הּ | ‘ă·p̄ā·rāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H6083 dry earth, dust |
| from her | מִמֶּ֑נָּה | mim·men·nāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| and make | וְנָתַתִּ֥י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| her | אוֹתָ֖הּ | ’ō·w·ṯāh | Direct object marker; third person feminine singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| a bare | לִצְחִ֥יחַ | liṣ·ḥî·aḥ | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6706 shining, glaring, surface |
| rock | סָֽלַע׃ | sā·la‘ | Noun - masculine singular | H5553 crag, cliff |
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Amos 1:10 · Isaiah 23:11 · Ezekiel 26:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.