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IfלוּI madeאַעֲבִירa ferociousרָעָהanimalחַיָּהpass throughבָּthe land,אָרֶץand it left it childless,וְשִׁכְּלָתָּהand it becameוְהָיְתָהa desolationשְׁמָמָהwithoutמִבְּלִיanyone passing throughעוֹבֵרbecauseמִפְּנֵיof the animal,הַחַיָּה
Ezekiel 14:15
Study it in the app“If I made a ferocious animal pass through the land, and it left it childless, and it became a desolation without anyone passing through because of the animal,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 14:15, word by word
- Ifלוּlu
if perhaps
A word that supposes something possible, to say «if perhaps» or «even though».
Where else “lu” appears- I madeאַעֲבִירaavir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “aavir” appears- a ferociousרָעָהraa
bad
Poor in quality, unpleasant to look at, or downcast.
Where else “raa” appears- animalחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and it left it childlessשִׁכְּלָתָּshiklata
bereave
To make someone lose his children, in war or as punishment.
Where else “shiklata” appears- and it becameהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- withoutבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- becauseפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears
The context
14and these three men were in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their righteousness would deliver their souls, declares Adonai YHWH.
15 · This verse (above)
16even if these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, neither sons nor daughters would they deliver; they alone would be delivered, and the land would be a desolation.