Study it in the app“And I sought among them a man who would build up a wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I did not find one.”
And I soughtוָאֲבַקֵּשׁamong themמֵהֶםa manאִישׁwho would build upגֹּדֵרa wallגָּדֵרand standוְעֹמֵדin the breachבַּפֶּרֶץbefore meלְפָנַיforבְּעַדthe land,הָאָרֶץso that I would notלְבִלְתִּיdestroy it;שַׁחֲתָהּbut I did notוְלֹאfind one.מָצָאתִי
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “avakesh” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearswall up, build walls
To build a wall or a stone fence. As the name of a trade, "those who build walls": masons (2 Kings 12:12; 22:6). Figuratively, to repair a breach (Isaiah 58:12) or to block someone's way (Hosea 2:6).
Where else “goder” appearswall
Wall, fence: a wall that surrounds a piece of ground.
Where else “gader” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appearsbreach
Breach, opening made by breaking through.
Where else “perets” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachata” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appears29The people of the land have practiced exploitation and committed robbery, and the poor and the needy they have oppressed, and the resident alien they have exploited without justice.
30 · This verse (above)
31And I poured out on them my indignation; with the fire of my wrath I consumed them; their way on their head I have put, declares Adonai YHWH.”
