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A roadדֶּרֶךְyou will setתָּשִׂיםfor the swordחֶרֶבto comeלָבוֹאto Rabbahאֵת רַבַּתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןand to Judahוְאֶת יְהוּדָהin Jerusalem,בִירוּשָׁלִַםthe fortified.בְּצוּרָה
Ezekiel 21:20
Study it in the app“A road you will set for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem, the fortified.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:20, word by word
- A roadדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- you will setתָּשִׂיםtasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tasim” appears- for the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- to comeבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- to Rabbahרַבַּתrabat
Rabbah
Rabbah, the capital of the sons of Ammon; also a town in Judah. The name means "great."
Where else “rabat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears- and to Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- the fortifiedבְּצוּרָהbetsura
fortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsura” appears
Places in this verse
1Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
19“And you, son of man, set for yourself two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; from one land the two of them will go out; and carve a signpost, at the head of the road to the city carve it.
20 · This verse (above)
21For the king of Babylon has stopped at the crossroads, at the head of the two roads, to practice divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim, he looks at the liver.