therefore,לָכֵןlook, I amהִנְנִיbringingמֵבִיאagainst youעָלֶיךָstrangers,זָרִיםthe terrible onesעָרִיצֵיof the nations;גּוֹיִםand they will drawוְהֵרִיקוּtheir swordsחַרְבוֹתָםagainst the beautyעַל יְפִיof your wisdom,חָכְמָתֶךָand profaneוְחִלְּלוּyour splendor.יִפְעָתֶךָ
Ezekiel 28:7
Study it in the app“therefore, look, I am bringing against you strangers, the terrible ones of the nations; and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and profane your splendor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 28:7, word by word
- bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- strangersזָרִיםzarim
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zarim” appears- the terrible onesעָרִיצֵיaritse
ruthless, tyrant
A ruthless man, a powerful one who strikes terror; violent.
Where else “aritse” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and they will drawהֵרִיקוּheriku
draw out
To draw the sword from its sheath, ready to strike.
Where else “heriku” appears- their swordsחַרְבוֹתָcharvota
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charvota” appears- against the beautyיְפִיyefi
beauty
Beauty, loveliness.
Where else “yefi” appears- of your wisdomחָכְמָתֶchachmate
wisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmate” appears- and profaneחִלְּלוּchillu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chillu” appears- your splendorיִפְעָתֶyifate
splendor
Splendor, radiant beauty.
Where else “yifate” appears
The context
6therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you have set your heart like the heart of Elohim,
7 · This verse (above)
8To the pit they will bring you down, and you will die the deaths of the mortally wounded in the heart of the seas.