And I will strengthenוְחִזַּקְתִּיthe armsזְרֹעוֹתof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלand putוְנָתַתִּיmy swordחַרְבִּיin his hand;בְּיָדוֹand I will breakוְשָׁבַרְתִּיthe armsזְרֹעוֹתof Pharaoh,פַּרְעֹהand he will groanוְנָאַקbefore himלְפָנָיוwith the groansנַאֲקוֹתof a mortally wounded man.חָלָל
Ezekiel 30:24
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “natati” appears- my swordחַרְבִּcharbi
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charbi” appears- in his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and I will breakשָׁבַרְתִּיshavarti
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavarti” appears- of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- and he will groanנָאַקnaak
groan
To groan, to moan with pain.
Where else “naak” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- with the groansנַאֲקוֹתnaakot
groaning
Groaning.
Where else “naakot” appears- of a mortally wounded manחָלָלchalal
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appears
Places in this verse
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).
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.