Orאוֹif I sendאֲשַׁלַּחpestilenceדֶּבֶרinto thatאֶל הָ הַהִיאlandאָרֶץand pour outוְשָׁפַכְתִּיmy furyחֲמָתִיupon itעָלֶיהָwith bloodבְּדָםto cut offלְהַכְרִיתfrom itמִמֶּנָּהhuman beingאָדָםand beast,וּבְהֵמָה
Ezekiel 14:19
Study it in the app“Or if I send pestilence into that land and pour out my fury upon it with blood to cut off from it human being and beast,”
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Ezekiel 14:19, word by word
- if I sendאֲשַׁלַּחashalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “ashalach” appears- pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever
plague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and pour outשָׁפַכְתִּיshafachti
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafachti” appears- my furyחֲמָתִchamati
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamati” appears- with bloodדָםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- to cut offהַכְרִיתhachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hachrit” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and beastבְהֵמָהvehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehema” appears
The context
18and these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, they would not deliver sons or daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
19 · This verse (above)
20and Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, neither son nor daughter would they deliver; they by their righteousness would deliver their souls.