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And he knewוַיֵּדַעhis widows,אַלְמְנוֹתָיוand laid wasteוְ הֶחֱרִיבtheir cities;עָרֵיהֶםand the landאֶרֶץwas desolate,וַתֵּשַׁםand all that fills it,וּמְלֹאָהּat the soundמִקּוֹלof his roaring.שַׁאֲגָתוֹ
Ezekiel 19:7
Study it in the app“And he knew his widows, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and all that fills it, at the sound of his roaring.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 19:7, word by word
- And he knewיֵּדַעyeda
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yeda” appears- his widowsאַלְמְנוֹתָיalmnotay
widow
Widow.
Where else “almnotay” appears- and laid wasteהֶחֱרִיבhecheriv
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “hecheriv” appears- their citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- and the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- was desolateתֵּשַׁםtesham
be desolate
Lie desolate, be left uncultivated.
Where else “tesham” appears- and all that fills itמְלֹאָmeloa
fullness
Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.
Where else “meloa” appears- at the soundקּוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of his roaringשַׁאֲגָתshaagat
roaring, groaning
A roar, like a lion's; also the loud groan of a person in distress.
Where else “shaagat” appears
Translation note
“He knew his widows”: so says the Hebrew (almenotav); with one different letter, the word would be “his palaces” (armenotav).
The context
6And he walked about among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to tear prey; he devoured human beings.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the nations set against him from the provinces all around, and spread over him their net; in their pit he was caught.