Ezekiel
Ezekiel 32:2–5
2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
‘You are like a lion among the nations;
you are like a monster in the seas.
You thrash about in your rivers,
churning up the waters with your feet
and muddying the streams.’
3This is what the Lord GOD says:
‘I will spread My net over you
with a company of many peoples,
and they will draw you up in My net.
4I will abandon you on the land
and hurl you into the open field.
I will cause all the birds of the air
to settle upon you,
and all the beasts of the earth
to eat their fill of you.
5I will put your flesh on the mountains
and fill the valleys with your remains.a
Footnotes
- a 32:5 Or your lofty stature
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.
Ezekiel 32:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Son | בֶּן־ | ben- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
| of man | אָדָ֗ם | ’ā·ḏām | Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| take up | שָׂ֤א | śā | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| a lament | קִינָה֙ | qî·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H7015 elegy, dirge |
| for | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| Pharaoh | פַּרְעֹ֣ה | par·‘ōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6547 Pharaoh |
| king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Egypt | מִצְרַ֔יִם | miṣ·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| and say | וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | wə·’ā·mar·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to him | אֵלָ֔יו | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| You are like | נִדְמֵ֑יתָ | niḏ·mê·ṯā | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H1819 be like, resemble |
| a lion | כְּפִ֥יר | kə·p̄îr | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3715 young lion |
| among the nations | גּוֹיִ֖ם | gō·w·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| you | וְאַתָּה֙ | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| are like a monster | כַּתַּנִּ֣ים | kat·tan·nîm | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8577 serpent, dragon, sea-monster |
| in the seas | בַּיַּמִּ֔ים | bay·yam·mîm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H3220 sea |
| You thrash about | וַתָּ֣גַח | wat·tā·ḡaḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1518 burst forth |
| in your rivers | בְּנַהֲרוֹתֶ֗יךָ | bə·na·hă·rō·w·ṯe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5104 stream, river |
| churning up | וַתִּדְלַח־ | wat·tiḏ·laḥ- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1804 make turbid |
| the waters | מַ֙יִם֙ | ma·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| with your feet | בְּרַגְלֶ֔יךָ | bə·raḡ·le·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular | H7272 foot |
| and muddying | וַתִּרְפֹּ֖ס | wat·tir·pōs | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7515 trample, roil water |
| the streams | נַהֲרוֹתָֽם׃ | na·hă·rō·w·ṯām | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H5104 stream, river |
Ezekiel 32:3
| 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 | יְהוִ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַר֙ | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will spread | וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י | ū·p̄ā·raś·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H6566 spread out, spread |
| My net | רִשְׁתִּ֔י | riš·tî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H7568 net |
| over you | עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| with a company | בִּקְהַ֖ל | biq·hal | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation |
| of many | רַבִּ֑ים | rab·bîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H7227 much, many, great |
| peoples | עַמִּ֣ים | ‘am·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5971 people |
| and they will draw you up | וְהֶעֱל֖וּךָ | wə·he·‘ĕ·lū·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; second person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| in My net | בְּחֶרְמִֽי׃ | bə·ḥer·mî | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H2764 devoted thing |
Ezekiel 32:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will abandon | וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ | ū·nə·ṭaš·tî·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H5203 leave, forsake, permit |
| you on the land | בָאָ֔רֶץ | ḇā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| and hurl you | אֲטִילֶ֑ךָ | ’ă·ṭî·le·ḵā | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H2904 hurl, cast |
| into | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the open | פְּנֵ֥י | pə·nê | Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| field | הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | haś·śā·ḏeh | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
| I will cause all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the birds | ע֣וֹף | ‘ō·wp̄ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects |
| of the air | הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| to settle | וְהִשְׁכַּנְתִּ֤י | wə·hiš·kan·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H7931 settle down, abide, dwell |
| upon you | עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| and all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the beasts | חַיַּ֥ת | ḥay·yaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H2416 alive, living |
| of the earth | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| to eat their fill | וְהִשְׂבַּעְתִּ֥י | wə·hiś·ba‘·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited |
| of you | מִמְּךָ֖ | mim·mə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
Ezekiel 32:5
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will put | וְנָתַתִּ֥י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| your flesh | בְּשָׂרְךָ֖ | bə·śā·rə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the mountains | הֶֽהָרִ֑ים | he·hā·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| and fill | וּמִלֵּאתִ֥י | ū·mil·lê·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H4390 be full, fill |
| the valleys | הַגֵּאָי֖וֹת | hag·gê·’ā·yō·wṯ | Article; Noun - common plural | H1516 valley |
| with your remains | רָמוּתֶֽךָ׃ | rā·mū·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7419 height, lofty stature |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 32:2 Ezekiel 29:3 · Nahum 2:11–13 · Ezekiel 27:2 · Ezekiel 19:1–6 · Ezekiel 38:13 · Isaiah 27:1 · Ezekiel 34:18 · Ezekiel 28:12 · Jeremiah 4:7 · Ezekiel 32:16
Ezekiel 32:3 Ezekiel 12:13 · Jeremiah 16:16 · Habakkuk 1:14–17 · Ecclesiastes 9:12 · Hosea 7:12 · Lamentations 1:13 · Ezekiel 17:20
Ezekiel 32:4 Isaiah 18:6 · Ezekiel 29:5 · Ezekiel 31:12–13
Ezekiel 32:5 Ezekiel 31:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.