And they will raiseוְנָשְׂאוּover youעָלַיִךְa dirgeקִינָהand say to you,וְאָמְרוּ לָךְ‘Howאֵיךְyou have perished,אָבַדְתְּinhabitedנוֹשֶׁבֶתfrom the seas,מִיַּמִּיםthe cityהָעִירthat was praised,הַהֻלָּלָהwhichאֲשֶׁרwasהָיְתָהstrongחֲזָקָהon the sea,בַיָּםsheהִיאand her inhabitants,וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָwhoאֲשֶׁרputנָתְנוּtheir terrorחִתִּיתָםon allלְכָלher inhabitants!יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ
Ezekiel 26:17
Study it in the app“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!”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.’