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And he despisedוּבָזָהthe imprecationאָלָהby breakingלְהָפֵרthe covenant;בְּרִיתand look,וְהִנֵּהhe had givenנָתַןhis hand,יָדוֹand has doneוְ עָשָׂהallכָלthese things;אֵלֶּהhe will notלֹאescape.’יִמָּלֵט
Ezekiel 17:18
Study it in the app“And he despised the imprecation by breaking the covenant; and look, he had given his hand, and has done all these things; he will not escape.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:18, word by word
- And he despisedבָזָהvaza
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “vaza” appears- the imprecationאָלָהala
oath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appears- by breakingהָפֵרhafer
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “hafer” appears- the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- he had givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and has doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- escape.’יִמָּלֵטyimalet
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “yimalet” appears
The context
17And Pharaoh will not with a great army and with a large assembly act for him in the war, when siege ramps are cast up and siege walls are built to cut off many lives.
18 · This verse (above)
19Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: ‘As I live, surely my imprecation that he despised and my covenant that he broke, I will put it on his head.