Ezekiel 30:24

“And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him with the groans of a mortally wounded man.”

Ezekiel 30:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 30:24, word by word

And I will strengthenחִזַּקְתִּיchizakti

repair

To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.

Where else “chizakti” appears
the armsזְרֹעוֹתzeroot

arm

The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.

Where else “zeroot” appears
of the kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears
of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel

Babel, Babylon

See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears
and putנָתַתִּיnatati

put

To place something somewhere.

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my swordחַרְבִּcharbi

sword

A sword; or war.

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in his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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and I will breakשָׁבַרְתִּיshavarti

break

To break something to pieces.

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of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo

Pharaoh

Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.

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and he will groanנָאַקnaak

groan

To groan, to moan with pain.

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before himפָנָיfanay

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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with the groansנַאֲקוֹתnaakot

groaning

Groaning.

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of a mortally wounded manחָלָלchalal

slain

Someone killed or wounded in war.

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Places in this verse

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

    Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq

    A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.

    In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).

    Genesis 11:92 Kings 25:1Psalms 137:1Daniel 1:1

The context

23And I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them through the lands.

24 · This verse (above)

25And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall; and they will know that I am YHWH, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.

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