Your heartלִבְּךָwas lifted upגָּבַהּbecause of your beauty;בְּיָפְיֶךָyou corruptedשִׁחַתָּyour wisdomחָכְמָתְךָfor the sake of your splendor;עַל יִפְעָתֶךָto the groundעַל אֶרֶץI cast you;הִשְׁלַכְתִּיךָbeforeלִפְנֵיkingsמְלָכִיםI set youנְתַתִּיךָthat they may gazeלְat youבָךְas a spectacle.רַאֲוָה
Ezekiel 28:17
Study it in the app“Your 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 28:17, word by word
- Your heartלִבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- was lifted upגָּבַהּgavah
be proud
To be filled with pride and think oneself above God and others.
Where else “gavah” appears- because of your beautyיָפְיֶyafye
beauty
Beauty, loveliness.
Where else “yafye” appears- you corruptedשִׁחַתָּshichata
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “shichata” appears- your wisdomחָכְמָתְchachmat
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmat” appears- for the sake of your splendorיִפְעָתֶyifate
splendor
Splendor, radiant beauty.
Where else “yifate” appears- to the groundאֶרֶץerets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “erets” appears- I cast youהִשְׁלַכְתִּיhishlachti
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hishlachti” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- I set youנְתַתִּיnetati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “netati” appears- as a spectacleרַאֲוָהraava
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “raava” appears
The context
16By 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18By the abundance of your iniquities, by the injustice of your trade, you profaned your sanctuaries; and I brought out fire from your midst; it devoured you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you.