And I will leave youוּנְטַשְׁתִּיךָin the wilderness,הַמִּדְבָּרָהyouאוֹתְךָand allוְ כָּלthe fishדְּגַתof your channels;יְאֹרֶיךָon the faceעַל פְּנֵיof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהyou will fall;תִּפּוֹלyou will notלֹאbe gatheredתֵאָסֵףnorוְלֹאbe collected;תִקָּבֵץto the animalsלְחַיַּתof the earthהָאָרֶץand to the birdsוּלְעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםI have given youנְתַתִּיךָas food.לְאָכְלָה
Ezekiel 29:5
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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
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).
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.