Ezekiel 28:8

“To the pit they will bring you down, and you will die the deaths of the mortally wounded in the heart of the seas.”

Ezekiel 28:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 28:8, word by word

To the pitשַּׁחַתshachat

grave

The grave, from which God rescues.

Where else “shachat” appears
they will bring you downיוֹרִדוּyoridu

bring down

To bring something or someone to a lower place.

Where else “yoridu” appears
and you will dieמַתָּהmata

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “mata” appears
the deathsמְמוֹתֵיmemote

death

Death; "deaths of diseases": deadly diseases.

Where else “memote” appears
of the mortally woundedחָלָלchalal

slain

Someone killed or wounded in war.

Where else “chalal” appears
in the heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears
of the seasיַמִּיםyamim

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yamim” appears

The context

7therefore, 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.

8 · This verse (above)

9Will you indeed say, “I am Elohim,” before the one who kills you? But you are a human being and not El, in the hand of those who mortally wound you.

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