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Her princesשָׂרֶיהָin her midstבְקִרְבָּהּare like wolvesכִּזְאֵבִיםtearingטֹרְפֵיprey,טָרֶףto shedלִשְׁפָּךְblood,דָּםto destroyלְאַבֵּדsouls,נְפָשׁוֹתto getלְמַעַן בְּצֹעַgain.בָּצַע
Ezekiel 22:27
Study it in the app“Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get gain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 22:27, word by word
- Her princesשָׂרֶיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- in her midstקִרְבָּkirba
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirba” appears- are like wolvesזְאֵבִיםzeevim
wolf
Wolf.
Where else “zeevim” appears- tearingטֹרְפֵיtorfe
tear
To tear prey apart with claws and teeth, as a wild beast does.
Where else “torfe” appears- preyטָרֶףtaref
prey
What the beast hunts and devours.
Where else “taref” appears- to shedשְׁפָּךְshepach
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shepach” appears- bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- to destroyאַבֵּדabed
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” appears- soulsנְפָשׁוֹתnefashot
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefashot” appears- to getבְּצֹעַbetsoa
gain
To make gain by abuse, rob.
Where else “betsoa” appears- gainבָּצַעbatsa
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “batsa” appears
The context
26Her priests have done violence to my instruction and have profaned my holy things; between the holy and the common they have not distinguished, and between the unclean and the clean they have not taught; and from my Sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, and I am profaned in their midst.
27 · This verse (above)
28And her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing emptiness and divining for them a lie, saying, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH,’ when YHWH has not spoken.