Heהוּאand his peopleוְעַמּוֹwith him,אִתּוֹthe fearsome onesעָרִיצֵיof the nations,גוֹיִםare broughtמוּבָאִיםto destroyלְשַׁחֵתthe land;הָאָרֶץand they will drawוְהֵרִיקוּtheir swordsחַרְבוֹתָםagainst Egyptעַל מִצְרַיִםand fillוּמָלְאוּthe landהָאָרֶץwith slain.חָלָל
Ezekiel 30:11
Study it in the app“He and his people with him, the fearsome ones of the nations, are brought to destroy the land; and they will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with slain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 30:11, word by word
- and his peopleעַמּam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- the fearsome onesעָרִיצֵיaritse
ruthless, tyrant
A ruthless man, a powerful one who strikes terror; violent.
Where else “aritse” appears- of the nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- are broughtמוּבָאִיםmuvaim
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “muvaim” appears- to destroyשַׁחֵתshachet
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachet” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and they will drawהֵרִיקוּheriku
draw out
To draw the sword from its sheath, ready to strike.
Where else “heriku” appears- their swordsחַרְבוֹתָcharvota
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charvota” appears- against Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and fillמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- with slainחָלָלchalal
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
10Thus says Adonai YHWH: I will put an end to the multitude of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 · This verse (above)
12And I will make the channels dry, and I will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make desolate the land and its fullness by the hand of strangers. I, YHWH, have spoken.