“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםbecauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרTyreצֹּרhas saidאָמְרָהabout Jerusalem,עַל יְרוּשָׁלִַם‘Aha!הֶאָחBrokenנִשְׁבְּרָהare the doorsדַּלְתוֹתof the peoples;הָעַמִּיםit has turnedנָסֵבָּהto me;אֵלָיI will be filled,אִמָּלְאָהshe is ruined,’הָחֳרָבָה
Ezekiel 26:2
Study it in the app““Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha! Broken are the doors of the peoples; it has turned to me; I will be filled, she is ruined,’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 26:2, word by word
- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- Tyreצֹּרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- has saidאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- about Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- ‘Ahaהֶאָחheach
aha
Aha: a cry of joy or of mockery.
Where else “heach” appears- Brokenנִשְׁבְּרָהnishbra
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbra” appears- are the doorsדַּלְתוֹתdaltot
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appears- of the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- it has turnedנָסֵבָּהnaseba
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “naseba” appears- I will be filledאִמָּלְאָהimala
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “imala” appears- she is ruined,’הָחֳרָבָהhachorava
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “hachorava” appears
Places in this verse
1Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1And it came about in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, that the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations, as the sea brings up its waves.