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They tooגַּם הֵםwent downיָרְדוּwith itאִתּוֹto Sheol,שְׁאוֹלָהto those slainאֶל חַלְלֵיby the sword,חָרֶבand its arm,וּזְרֹעוֹwho livedיָשְׁבוּin its shadeבְצִלּוֹin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the nations.גּוֹיִם
Ezekiel 31:17
Study it in the app“They too went down with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword, and its arm, who lived in its shade in the midst of the nations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 31:17, word by word
- went downיָרְדוּyardu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yardu” appears- to Sheolשְׁאוֹלָsheola
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheola” appears- to those slainחַלְלֵיchalle
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “challe” appears- by the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and its armזְרֹעzero
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zero” appears- who livedיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- in its shadeצִלּtsil
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsil” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears
The context
16At the sound of its fall I made nations quake, when I brought it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and they were comforted in the land below, all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all who drink water.
17 · This verse (above)
18To whom are you like, thus, in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? And you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the land below; in the midst of the uncircumcised you will lie, with those slain by the sword. That is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares Adonai YHWH.’”