Ezekiel 26:17

“And they will raise over you a dirge and say to you, ‘How you have perished, inhabited from the seas, the city that was praised, which was strong on the sea, she and her inhabitants, who put their terror on all her inhabitants!”

Ezekiel 26:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 26:17, word by word

And they will raiseנָשְׂאוּnasu

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “nasu” appears
a dirgeקִינָהkina

lament, dirge

Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.

Where else “kina” appears
and say to youאָמְרוּamru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amru” appears
you have perishedאָבַדְתְּavadt

perish

To die, be ruined.

Where else “avadt” appears
inhabitedנוֹשֶׁבֶתnoshevet

be inhabited

For a land to be inhabited.

Where else “noshevet” appears
from the seasיַּמִּיםyamim

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yamim” appears
the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “ir” appears
that was praisedהֻלָּלָהhulala

praise

To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.

Where else “hulala” appears
wasהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayta” appears
strongחֲזָקָהchazaka

strong

Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.

Where else “chazaka” appears
putנָתְנוּnatnu

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “natnu” appears
their terrorחִתִּיתָchitita

terror

Terror, the dread that someone causes in others.

Where else “chitita” appears

The context

16And all the chiefs of the sea will come down from their thrones, and remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments; with tremblings they will clothe themselves; on the ground they will sit, and tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.

17 · This verse (above)

18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are in the sea are dismayed at your departure.’

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