Ezekiel 26:12

“And they will despoil your wealth and plunder your merchandise, and tear down your walls, and your houses of delight they will demolish; and your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters they will put.”

Ezekiel 26:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 26:12, word by word

And they will despoilשָׁלְלוּshallu

plunder

To strip the defeated of their goods.

Where else “shallu” appears
your wealthחֵילֵchele

wealth

The goods and wealth someone gathers.

Where else “chele” appears
and plunderבָזְזוּvazzu

plunder

Plunder, take spoil.

Where else “vazzu” appears
your merchandiseרְכֻלָּתֵrechulate

trade, merchandise

Trade, merchandise carried about by traders.

Where else “rechulate” appears
and tear downהָרְסוּharsu

tear down; break through

Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.

Where else “harsu” appears
your wallsחוֹמוֹתַיִchomotayi

wall

Wall, city wall.

Where else “chomotayi” appears
and your housesבָתֵּיvate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “vate” appears
of delightחֶמְדָּתֵchemdate

delight

What one longs for or loves.

Where else “chemdate” appears
they will demolishיִתֹּצוּyitotsu

tear down

Tear down, pull down, break down.

Where else “yitotsu” appears
and your stonesאֲבָנַיִavanayi

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

Where else “avanayi” appears
and your timberעֵצַיִetsayi

wood

What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.

Where else “etsayi” appears
and your dustעֲפָרֵafare

dust

Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.

Where else “afare” appears
in the midstתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “toch” appears
of the watersמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
they will putיָשִׂימוּyasimu

put

To put something somewhere.

Where else “yasimu” appears

The context

11With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets; your people he will kill by the sword, and the standing stones of your strength to the ground will go down.

12 · This verse (above)

13And I will put an end to the clamor of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will not be heard again.

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