Ezekiel
Ezekiel 5:12
12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A third | שְׁלִשִׁתֵ֞יךְ | šə·li·ši·ṯêḵ | Number - ordinal feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H7992 third |
| of your people will die | יָמ֗וּתוּ | yā·mū·ṯū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H4191 die |
| by plague | בַּדֶּ֣בֶר | bad·de·ḇer | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1698 pestilence |
| or be consumed | יִכְל֣וּ | yiḵ·lū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| by famine | וּבָֽרָעָב֙ | ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7458 famine, hunger |
| within you | בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְ | ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H8432 midst |
| a third | וְהַ֨שְּׁלִשִׁ֔ית | wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular | H7992 third |
| will fall | יִפְּל֣וּ | yip·pə·lū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5307 fall, lie |
| by the sword | בַּחֶ֖רֶב | ba·ḥe·reḇ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| outside | סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְ | sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯā·yiḵ | Adverb; second person feminine singular | H5439 circuit, round about |
| and a third | וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית֙ | wə·haš·šə·lî·šîṯ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular | H7992 third |
| I will scatter | אֱזָרֶ֔ה | ’ĕ·zā·reh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | H2219 scatter, fan, winnow |
| to every | לְכָל־ | lə·ḵāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| wind | ר֣וּחַ | rū·aḥ | Noun - common singular | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
| and unleash | אָרִ֥יק | ’ā·rîq | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7324 make empty, empty out |
| a sword | וְחֶ֖רֶב | wə·ḥe·reḇ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| behind them | אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ | ’a·ḥă·rê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H310 behind |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 5:2 · Jeremiah 15:2 · Jeremiah 43:10–11 · Jeremiah 21:9 · Ezekiel 12:14 · Jeremiah 44:27 · Ezekiel 6:11–12 · Ezekiel 5:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.