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Noלֹאhumanאָדָםfootרֶגֶלwill passתַעֲבָרthrough it,בָּהּand the footוְרֶגֶלof livestockבְּהֵמָהwill notלֹאpassתַעֲבָרthrough it,בָּהּand it will notוְלֹאbe inhabitedתֵשֵׁבfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears.שָׁנָה
Ezekiel 29:11
Study it in the app“No human foot will pass through it, and the foot of livestock will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited forty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:11, word by word
- humanאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- footרֶגֶלregel
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “regel” appears- will passתַעֲבָרtaavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavar” appears- of livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appears- be inhabitedתֵשֵׁבteshev
be inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “teshev” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
10therefore look, I am against you and against your channels, and I will make the land of Egypt into ruins of dryness, a desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of Cush.
11 · This verse (above)
12And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated lands, and her cities, in the midst of ruined cities, will be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them through the lands.