Ezekiel

Ezekiel 5:16

¹⁶When I shower you^c with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply^d of food.

Footnotes

c 5:16 Hebrew them
d 5:16 Hebrew staff

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When I shower	בְּֽשַׁלְּחִ֡י	bə·šal·lə·ḥî	Preposition-b; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H7971 send
you	בָּהֶם֙	bā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
with the deadly	הָרָעִ֤ים	hā·rā·‘îm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H7451 bad, evil
arrows	חִצֵּי֩	ḥiṣ·ṣê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2671 arrow
of famine	הָרָעָ֨ב	hā·rā·‘āḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
destruction	לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית	lə·maš·ḥîṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H4889 ruin, destruction
that	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I will send	אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח	’ă·šal·laḥ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7971 send
to destroy you	לְשַֽׁחֶתְכֶ֑ם	lə·ša·ḥeṯ·ḵem	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural	H7843 go to ruin (?)
I will intensify	אֹסֵ֣ף	’ō·sêp̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - first person common singular	H3254 add
the famine	וְרָעָב֙	wə·rā·‘āḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
against you	עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם	‘ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5921 height
and cut off	וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֥י	wə·šā·ḇar·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
your	לָכֶ֖ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
supply	מַטֵּה־	maṭ·ṭêh-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4294 staff, rod, shaft
of food	לָֽחֶם׃	lā·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food

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Ezekiel 4:16 · Deuteronomy 32:23–24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.