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And the nationsוַ גּוֹיִםsetיִּתְּנוּagainst himעָלָיוfrom the provincesמִמְּדִינוֹתall around,סָבִיבand spreadוַיִּפְרְשׂוּover himעָלָיוtheir net;רִשְׁתָּםin their pitבְּשַׁחְתָּםhe was caught.נִתְפָּשׂ
Ezekiel 19:8
Study it in the app“And the nations set against him from the provinces all around, and spread over him their net; in their pit he was caught.”
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Ezekiel 19:8, word by word
- And the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- setיִּתְּנוּyitnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yitnu” appears- from the provincesמְּדִינוֹתmedinot
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- and spreadיִּפְרְשׂוּyifrsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “yifrsu” appears- their netרִשְׁתָּrishta
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “rishta” 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
The context
7And 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And they put him in the cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him in snares, so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.