And they put himוַיִּתְּנֻהוּin the cageבַסּוּגַרwith hooksבַּחַחִיםand brought himוַיְבִאֻהוּto the kingאֶל מֶלֶךְof Babylon;בָּבֶלthey brought himיְבִאֻהוּin snares,בַּמְּצֹדוֹתso thatלְמַעַןhis voiceקוֹלוֹwould noלֹאlongerעוֹדbe heardיִשָּׁמַעon the mountainsאֶל הָרֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 19:9
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 19:9, word by word
- And they put himיִּתְּנֻyitnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yitnu” appears- in the cageסּוּגַרsugar
cage
A cage in which an animal is shut up.
Where else “sugar” appears- with hooksחַחִיםchachim
hook, ring
Ring or brooch; ring for the nose; hook.
Where else “chachim” appears- and brought himיְבִאֻyeviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yeviu” appears- to the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- in snaresמְּצֹדוֹתmetsodot
net
What is laid to catch animals.
Where else “metsodot” appears- his voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- be heardיִשָּׁמַעyishama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishama” appears- on the mountainsהָרֵיhare
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hare” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
Translation note
It may refer to Jehoiachin, taken to Babylon in 597 BC (2 Kings 24:12-15), or to Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:7).
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
8And the nations set against him from the provinces all around, and spread over him their net; in their pit he was caught.
9 · This verse (above)
10Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters; fruitful and full of branches she was because of many waters.