Ezekiel 29:4

“And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your channels stick to your scales; and I will bring you up from the midst of your channels, and all the fish of your channels will stick to your scales.”

Ezekiel 29:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 29:4, word by word

And I will putנָתַתִּיnatati

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “natati” appears
hooksחַחִיםchachim

hook, ring

Ring or brooch; ring for the nose; hook.

Where else “chachim” appears
in your jawsלְחָיֶיlechaye

jawbone

The jawbone of an animal, with its teeth.

Where else “lechaye” appears
and I will makeהִדְבַּקְתִּיhidbakti

cling

To stay close to someone, like YHWH.

Where else “hidbakti” appears
the fishדְגַתdegat

fish

Fish; everything that lives in the water (a collective word).

Where else “degat” appears
of your channelsיְאֹרֶיyeore

Nile

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to your scalesקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶיkasksote

scale

Scale of a fish; also the plates of a coat of armor.

Where else “kasksote” appears
and I will bring you upהַעֲלִיתִיhaaliti

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

Where else “haaliti” appears
from the midstתּוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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Places in this verse

Nile
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Nile

    Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean

    Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.

    Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).

    Genesis 41:1Exodus 7:20Exodus 2:52 Kings 19:24

The context

3Speak and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea monster lying in the midst of his channels, who has said, “Mine is my Nile, and I made it for myself.”

4 · This verse (above)

5And I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your channels; on the face of the field you will fall; you will not be gathered nor be collected; to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the heavens I have given you as food.

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