“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםbewailנְהֵהthe multitudeעַל הֲמוֹןof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand bring it down,וְהוֹרִדֵהוּherאוֹתָהּand the daughtersוּבְנוֹתof nobleאַדִּרִםnations,גּוֹיִםto the landאֶל אֶרֶץof the depths,תַּחְתִּיּוֹתwith those who go downאֶת יוֹרְדֵיto the pit.בוֹר
Ezekiel 32:18
Study it in the app““Son of man, bewail the multitude of Egypt, and bring it down, her and the daughters of noble nations, to the land of the depths, with those who go down to the pit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 32:18, word by word
- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- bewailנְהֵהnehe
lament
Lament, wail with grief.
Where else “nehe” appears- the multitudeהֲמוֹןhamon
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and bring it downהוֹרִדֵhoride
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horide” appears- and the daughtersבְנוֹתvenot
girl
The young women of a people.
Where else “venot” appears- of nobleאַדִּרִםadirim
noble
The important men of a people, those of highest rank.
Where else “adirim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the depthsתַּחְתִּיּוֹתtachtiyot
lowest
Lowest, the lower level; the depths.
Where else “tachtiyot” appears- to the pitבוֹרvor
grave
The place where the dead go down; the grave.
Where else “vor” 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
17And it came about in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
18 · This verse (above)
19Whom do you surpass in pleasantness? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.