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And the nationsוַ גּוֹיִםheardיִּשְׁמְעוּof him;אֵלָיוin their pitבְּשַׁחְתָּםhe was caught,נִתְפָּשׂand they brought himוַיְבִאֻהוּwith hooksבַחַחִיםto the landאֶל אֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Ezekiel 19:4
Study it in the app“And the nations heard of him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 19:4, word by word
- And the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- heardיִּשְׁמְעוּyishmu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishmu” appears- in their pitשַׁחְתָּshachta
pit
A dug hole, sometimes a trap.
Where else “shachta” appears- he was caughtנִתְפָּשׂnitpas
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “nitpas” appears- and they brought himיְבִאֻyeviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yeviu” appears- with hooksחַחִיםchachim
hook, ring
Ring or brooch; ring for the nose; hook.
Where else “chachim” appears- to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as Jehoahaz, whom Pharaoh Neco took to Egypt (2 Kings 23:31-34).
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
3And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to tear prey; he devoured human beings.
4 · This verse (above)
5And she saw that she had waited, that her hope was lost; and she took another of her cubs; she made him a young lion.