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Becauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרI have cut offהִכְרַתִּיfrom youמִמֵּךְthe righteousצַדִּיקand the wicked,וְרָשָׁעthereforeלָכֵןmy swordחַרְבִּיwill go outתֵּצֵאfrom its sheathמִתַּעְרָהּagainst allאֶל כָּלfleshבָּשָׂרfrom the Negevמִנֶּגֶבto the north.צָפוֹן
Ezekiel 21:4
Study it in the app“Because I have cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh from the Negev to the north.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:4, word by word
- I have cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- and the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- my swordחַרְבִּcharbi
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charbi” appears- will go outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- from its sheathתַּעְרָtara
sheath
The leather or metal case in which the sword is kept.
Where else “tara” appears- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- from the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- to the northצָפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears
The context
3And say to the ground of Israel: ‘Thus says YHWH: Look, I am against you, and I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
4 · This verse (above)
5And all flesh will know that I, YHWH, have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’