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The young menבַּחוּרֵיof Onאָוֶןand of Pi-besethוּפִי בֶסֶתby the swordבַּחֶרֶבwill fall,יִפֹּלוּand theyוְהֵנָּהwill goתֵלַכְנָהinto captivity.בַּשְּׁבִי
Ezekiel 30:17
Study it in the app“The young men of On and of Pi-beseth by the sword will fall, and they will go into captivity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 30:17, word by word
- The young menבַּחוּרֵיbachure
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachure” appears- of Onאָוֶןaven
Aven
Aven: a name meaning "iniquity"; a contemptuous name for On (Heliopolis) in Egypt and for other places.
Where else “aven” appears- and of Pi-besethפִיfi
Pi-beseth
Pi-beseth: a city in the delta of Egypt (Bubastis).
Where else “fi” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- will fallיִפֹּלוּyipolu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yipolu” appears- will goתֵלַכְנָהtelachna
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telachna” appears- into captivityשְּׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears
Translation note
“On”: Heliopolis; the Hebrew writes it Aven, which sounds like “iniquity.”
The context
16And I will set fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in pain, and Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will have adversaries by day.
17 · This verse (above)
18And in Tahpanhes the day will grow dark, when I break there the bars of Egypt, and the pride of her strength ceases in her; as for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.