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And they will make themselvesוְהִקְרִיחוּbaldקָרְחָהfor you,אֵלַיִךְand gird onוְחָגְרוּsackcloth,שַׂקִּיםand weepוּבָכוּfor youאֵלַיִךְin bitternessבְּמַרof soul,נֶפֶשׁwith bitterמָרlamentation.מִסְפֵּד
Ezekiel 27:31
Study it in the app“And they will make themselves bald for you, and gird on sackcloth, and weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter lamentation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 27:31, word by word
- And they will make themselvesהִקְרִיחוּhikrichu
shave (the head)
Shave the head, as a sign of mourning.
Where else “hikrichu” appears- baldקָרְחָהkarcha
baldness
A bald spot: a part of the head shaved bare as a sign of mourning.
Where else “karcha” appears- and gird onחָגְרוּchagru
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagru” appears- sackclothשַׂקִּיםsakim
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appears- and weepבָכוּvachu
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “vachu” appears- in bitternessמַרmar
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appears- of soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- lamentationמִסְפֵּדmisped
lamentation
Lamentation: public expressions of grief for the dead.
Where else “misped” appears
The context
30And they will make their voice heard over you, and cry out bitterly, and throw dust on their heads; in ashes they will roll.
31 · This verse (above)
32And they will raise over you, in their wailing, a dirge, and chant a lament over you: “Who is like Tyre, like the silenced one in the midst of the sea?”