Ezekiel 21:10

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Ezekiel 21:10, word by word

To slaughterטְבֹחַtevoach

butcher

To slaughter people without pity, like cattle.

Where else “tevoach” appears

a slaughterטֶבַחtevach

slaughter

The act of slaughtering, or the place where it is done.

Where else “tevach” appears

it is sharpenedהוּחַדָּהhuchada

sharpen

To sharpen; figuratively, to make keen or fierce.

Where else “huchada” appears

so that it may haveהֱיֵהheye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “heye” appears

lightningבָּרָקbarak

flash

The flash of a sword.

Where else “barak” appears

it is polishedמֹרָטָּהmorata

polish

To rub a metal until it shines; to polish it.

Where else “morata” appears

shall we rejoiceנָשִׂישׂnasis

rejoice

Rejoice, be very glad.

Where else “nasis” appears

The scepterשֵׁבֶטshevet

rod

A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.

Where else “shevet” appears

of my sonבְּנִbeni

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “beni” appears

despisesמֹאֶסֶתmoeset

reject

To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.

Where else “moeset” appears

treeעֵץets

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

Where else “ets” appears

Translation note

The second half of the verse is very obscure in Hebrew; it is translated word for word. “Scepter” can also be “rod”; “tree,” “wood.”

The context