Ezekiel
Ezekiel 31:12
12Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreigners | זָרִ֛ים | zā·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H2114 be a stranger |
| the most ruthless | עָרִיצֵ֥י | ‘ā·rî·ṣê | Adjective - masculine plural construct | H6184 awe-inspiring, terror-striking |
| of the nations | גוֹיִ֖ם | ḡō·w·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| cut it down | וַיִּכְרְתֻ֧הוּ | way·yiḵ·rə·ṯu·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular | H3772 cut off, cut down |
| and left it | וַֽיִּטְּשֻׁ֑הוּ | way·yiṭ·ṭə·šu·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular | H5203 leave, forsake, permit |
| Its branches | דָלִיּוֹתָ֗יו | ḏā·lî·yō·w·ṯāw | Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H1808 dangling, bough |
| have fallen | נָפְל֣וּ | nā·p̄ə·lū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5307 fall, lie |
| on | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the mountains | הֶ֠הָרִים | he·hā·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| and in every | וּבְכָל־ | ū·ḇə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| valley | גֵּ֨אָי֜וֹת | gê·’ā·yō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H1516 valley |
| its boughs | פֹֽארֹתָיו֙ | p̄ō·rō·ṯāw | Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H6288 bough |
| lay broken | וַתִּשָּׁבַ֤רְנָה | wat·tiš·šā·ḇar·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural | H7665 break, break in pieces |
| in all | בְּכֹל֙ | bə·ḵōl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the earth’s | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| ravines | אֲפִיקֵ֣י | ’ă·p̄î·qê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H650 channel |
| And all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the peoples | עַמֵּ֥י | ‘am·mê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H5971 people |
| of the earth | הָאָ֖רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| left | וַיֵּרְד֧וּ | way·yê·rə·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| its shade | מִצִּלּ֛וֹ | miṣ·ṣil·lōw | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H6738 shadow |
| and abandoned it | וַֽיִּטְּשֻֽׁהוּ׃ | way·yiṭ·ṭə·šu·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular | H5203 leave, forsake, permit |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 28:7 · Ezekiel 35:8 · Ezekiel 30:11 · Nahum 3:17–18 · Habakkuk 1:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.