Ezekiel

Ezekiel 34:5

⁵They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They were scattered	וַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה	wat·tə·p̄ū·ṣe·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
for lack of	מִבְּלִ֣י	mib·bə·lî	Preposition-m; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
a shepherd	רֹעֶ֑ה	rō·‘eh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
and when they were scattered	וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃	wat·tə·p̄ū·ṣe·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H6327 be dispersed, scattered
they became	וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה	wat·tih·ye·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
food	לְאָכְלָ֛ה	lə·’āḵ·lāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H402 food, eating
for all	לְכָל־	lə·ḵāl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the wild	הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
beasts	חַיַּ֥ת	ḥay·yaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2416 alive, living

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.