“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםa land,אֶרֶץwhenכִּיit sinsתֶחֱטָאagainst meלִיby committingלִמְעָלa breach of faith,מַעַלand I stretch outוְנָטִיתִיmy handיָדִיagainst itעָלֶיהָand breakוְשָׁבַרְתִּיitsלָהּstaffמַטֵּהof breadלָחֶםand sendוְהִשְׁלַחְתִּיfamineרָעָבinto itבָהּand cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיfrom itמִמֶּנָּהhuman beingאָדָםand beast,וּבְהֵמָה
Ezekiel 14:13
Study it in the app““Son of man, a land, when it sins against me by committing a breach of faith, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its staff of bread and send famine into it and cut off from it human being and beast,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 14:13, word by word
- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- it sinsתֶחֱטָאtecheta
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “techeta” appears- by committingמְעָלmeal
be unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “meal” appears- a breach of faithמַעַלmaal
unfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appears- and I stretch outנָטִיתִיnatiti
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- and breakשָׁבַרְתִּיshavarti
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavarti” appears- staffמַטֵּהmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears- of breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears- and sendהִשְׁלַחְתִּיhishlachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “hishlachti” appears- famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- and beastבְהֵמָהvehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehema” appears
The context
12And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
13 · This verse (above)
14and these three men were in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness would deliver their souls, declares Adonai YHWH.