In his right handבִּימִינוֹisהָיָהthe divinationהַקֶּסֶםfor Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםto setלָשׂוּםbattering rams,כָּרִיםto openלִפְתֹּחַthe mouthפֶּהin murder,בְּרֶצַחto raiseלְהָרִיםthe voiceקוֹלwith a shout,בִּתְרוּעָהto setלָשׂוּםbattering ramsכָּרִיםagainst the gates,עַל שְׁעָרִיםto heap upלִשְׁפֹּךְa siege ramp,סֹלְלָהto buildלִבְנוֹתa siege tower.דָּיֵק
Ezekiel 21:22
Study it in the app“In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in murder, to raise the voice with a shout, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege ramp, to build a siege tower.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:22, word by word
- In his right handימִינymin
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “ymin” appears- isהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- the divinationקֶּסֶםkesem
divination
Trying to know hidden things, as false prophets did.
Where else “kesem” appears- for Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- to setשׂוּםsum
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sum” appears- battering ramsכָּרִיםkarim
battering ram
A log for battering city gates.
Where else “karim” appears- to openפְתֹּחַfetoach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “fetoach” appears- the mouthפֶּהpe
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pe” appears- in murderרֶצַחretsach
crushing; murder
A shattering blow, slaughter, murder. It comes from the verb "to murder".
Where else “retsach” appears- to raiseהָרִיםharim
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “harim” appears- the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- with a shoutתְרוּעָהterua
war cry
A loud voice that warns of war or danger.
Where else “terua” appears- against the gatesשְׁעָרִיםshearim
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shearim” appears- to heap upשְׁפֹּךְshepoch
heap up
To pile earth against a wall in order to climb it and take the city.
Where else “shepoch” appears- a siege rampסֹלְלָהsolla
siege ramp
Siege ramp: a mound of earth that an army raised against the wall of a besieged city in order to climb up and attack it.
Where else “solla” appears- to buildבְנוֹתvenot
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appears- a siege towerדָּיֵקdayek
siege wall
Siege works: the earthwork, walls or towers an army raises around a city to shut it in and attack it (2 Kings 25:1; Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22).
Where else “dayek” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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
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.
22 · This verse (above)
23And it will be to them like an empty divination in their eyes; oaths of oaths they have; but he brings to remembrance iniquity, so that they may be seized.”