By the abundanceבְּרֹבof your tradeרְכֻלָּתְךָyour midstתוֹכְךָwas filledמָלוּwith violence,חָמָסand you sinned;וַתֶּחֱטָאand I profaned youוָאֶחַלֶּלְךָfrom the mountainמֵהַרof Elohim,אֱלֹהִיםand I made you perish,וָאַבֶּדְךָcherubכְּרוּבwho covers,הַסֹּכֵךְfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof the stonesאַבְנֵיof fire.אֵשׁ
Ezekiel 28:16
Study it in the app“By the abundance of your trade your midst was filled with violence, and you sinned; and I profaned you from the mountain of Elohim, and I made you perish, cherub who covers, from the midst of the stones of fire.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 28:16, word by word
- By the abundanceרֹבrov
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appears- of your tradeרְכֻלָּתְrechulat
trade, merchandise
Trade, merchandise carried about by traders.
Where else “rechulat” appears- your midstתוֹכְtoch
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “toch” appears- was filledמָלוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- with violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- and you sinnedתֶּחֱטָאtecheta
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “techeta” appears- and I profaned youאֶחַלֶּלְechalel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “echalel” appears- from the mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and I made you perishאַבֶּדְabed
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” appears- cherubכְּרוּבkeruv
cherub
Cherub(im): heavenly beings who in the Bible appear near God's presence and guarding what is holy, such as the way to the tree of life and the place above the ark of the covenant. They are not the "little angels" of paintings.
Where else “keruv” appears- who coversסֹּכֵךְsochech
cover
To shelter, as God his own.
Where else “sochech” appears- of the stonesאַבְנֵיavne
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avne” appears- of fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
The context
15Blameless you were in your ways from the day you were created until injustice was found in you.
16 · This verse (above)
17Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; to the ground I cast you; before kings I set you that they may gaze at you as a spectacle.