Ezekiel 29:5

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 29:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 29:5, word by word

And I will leave youנְטַשְׁתִּיnetashti

abandon

To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.

Where else “netashti” appears
in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbara” appears
the fishדְּגַתdegat

fish

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

Where else “degat” appears
of your channelsיְאֹרֶיyeore

Nile

See it on the mapWhere else “yeore” appears
on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “pene” appears
of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

Where else “sade” appears
you will fallתִּפּוֹלtipol

fall in battle

To die in battle, killed by the enemy.

Where else “tipol” appears
be gatheredתֵאָסֵףteasef

join ancestors

To die and be placed with one's own who have died before.

Where else “teasef” appears
be collectedתִקָּבֵץtikavets

gather

To bring people to one place, or to come together there.

Where else “tikavets” appears
to the animalsחַיַּתchayat

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

Where else “chayat” appears
of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
and to the birdsעוֹףof

bird

The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.

Where else “of” appears
of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears
I have given youנְתַתִּיnetati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “netati” appears
as foodאָכְלָהachla

fuel

What fire or wild beasts eat up.

Where else “achla” appears

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

4And 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.

5 · This verse (above)

6And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am YHWH, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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