Ezekiel

Ezekiel 28:12

¹²“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says:

‘You were the seal of perfection,

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of man	אָדָ֕ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
take up	שָׂ֥א	śā	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
a lament	קִינָ֖ה	qî·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7015 elegy, dirge
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the king	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Tyre	צ֑וֹר	ṣō·wr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6865 Tyre
and tell	וְאָמַ֣רְתָּ	wə·’ā·mar·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
him	לּ֗וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
that this is what	כֹּ֤ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
GOD	יְהוִ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3069 Yahweh
says	אָמַר֙	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
You	אַתָּה֙	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
were the seal	חוֹתֵ֣ם	ḥō·w·ṯêm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H2856 seal, affix seal, seal up
of perfection	תָּכְנִ֔ית	tā·ḵə·nîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H8508 measurement, proportion
full of	מָלֵ֥א	mā·lê	Adjective - masculine singular	H4392 full
wisdom	חָכְמָ֖ה	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
and perfect	וּכְלִ֥יל	ū·ḵə·lîl	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H3632 entire, whole, holocaust
in beauty	יֹֽפִי׃	yō·p̄î	Noun - masculine singular	H3308 beauty

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ezekiel 19:1 · Ezekiel 26:17 · 2 Corinthians 1:22 · Colossians 2:3 · Colossians 1:9 · James 3:13–18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.