while they seeבַּחֲזוֹתfor youלָךְemptiness,שָׁוְאwhile they divineבִּקְסָםfor youלָךְa lie,כָּזָבto put youלָתֵת אוֹתָךְon the necksאֶל צַוְּארֵיof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםmortally wounded,חַלְלֵיwhoseאֲשֶׁר םdayיוֹמָhas comeבָּאin the timeבְּעֵתof the iniquityעֲוֺןof the end.קֵץ
Ezekiel 21:29
Study it in the app“while they see for you emptiness, while they divine for you a lie, to put you on the necks of the wicked mortally wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:29, word by word
- while they seeחֲזוֹתchazot
see a vision
To see in a vision from God.
Where else “chazot” appears- emptinessשָׁוְאshav
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shav” appears- while they divineקְסָםkesam
practice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kesam” appears- a lieכָּזָבkazav
lie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “kazav” appears- to put youתֵתtet
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “tet” appears- on the necksצַוְּארֵיtsavre
neck
The neck.
Where else “tsavre” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- mortally woundedחַלְלֵיchalle
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “challe” appears- dayיוֹמָyoma
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yoma” appears- has comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- in the timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- of the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- of the endקֵץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears
The context
28“And you, son of man, prophesy and say: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach. And say: A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, so that it may have lightning,
29 · This verse (above)
30Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origins, I will judge you.