By the swordsבְּחַרְבוֹתof mighty menגִּבּוֹרִיםI will makeאַפִּילyour multitudeהֲמוֹנֶךָfall,אַפִּילthe fearsome onesעָרִיצֵיof the nations,גוֹיִםall of them;כֻּלָּםand they will devastateוְשָׁדְדוּthe prideגְּאוֹןof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand allוְ כָּלher multitudeהֲמוֹנָהּwill be exterminated.נִשְׁמַד
Ezekiel 32:12
Study it in the app“By the swords of mighty men I will make your multitude fall, the fearsome ones of the nations, all of them; and they will devastate the pride of Egypt, and all her multitude will be exterminated.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 32:12, word by word
- By the swordsחַרְבוֹתcharvot
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charvot” appears- of mighty menגִּבּוֹרִיםgiborim
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appears- I will makeאַפִּילapil
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “apil” appears- your multitudeהֲמוֹנֶhamone
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamone” 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- and they will devastateשָׁדְדוּshaddu
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shaddu” appears- the prideגְּאוֹןgeon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- will be exterminatedנִשְׁמַדnishmad
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “nishmad” 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
11For thus says Adonai YHWH: The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I will make all her livestock perish from beside many waters; and no human foot will muddy them any more, nor will the hooves of livestock muddy them.