Study it in the app““Son of man, raise a dirge over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, ‘A young lion of the nations you were compared to, and you are like the sea monster in the seas; and you burst forth in your rivers, and muddied the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.”
“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםraiseשָׂאa dirgeקִינָהover Pharaoh,עַל פַּרְעֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto him,אֵלָיו‘A young lionכְּפִירof the nationsגּוֹיִםyou were compared to,נִדְמֵיתָand youוְאַתָּהare like the sea monsterכַּתַּנִּיםin the seas;בַּיַּמִּיםand you burst forthוַתָּגַחin your rivers,בְּנַהֲרוֹתֶיךָand muddiedוַתִּדְלַחthe watersמַיִםwith your feet,בְּרַגְלֶיךָand fouledוַתִּרְפֹּסtheir rivers.נַהֲרוֹתָם
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sa” appearslament, dirge
Dirge: a poem sung over someone's death or over a disaster. The Hebrew name of the book of Lamentations comes from this word.
Where else “kina” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsyoung lion
A young, strong lion.
Where else “kefir” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsliken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “nidmeta” appearssea monster, jackal
A monster, a great sea or river creature; also a jackal.
Where else “tanim” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appearsburst out
Burst out, break forth suddenly, like water that bursts out.
Where else “tagach” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “naharote” appearsmuddy (water)
To stir up and muddy water.
Where else “tidlach” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appearsmuddy (water)
To muddy water by trampling it.
Where else “tirpos” appears“You were compared” (נִדְמֵיתָ) can also be read “you have perished.”
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).
1And it came about in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Thus says Adonai YHWH: I will spread over you my net with an assembly of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my net.
