Ezekiel 28:17

“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.”

Ezekiel 28:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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I cast youהִשְׁלַכְתִּיhishlachti

throw

To throw something with force, far off or down.

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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.

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I set youנְתַתִּיnetati

put

To place something somewhere.

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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.

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