The mighty onesאֵלֵיof the mighty menגִבּוֹרִיםwill speakיְדַבְּרוּto himלוֹfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof Sheol,שְׁאוֹלwith his helpers:אֶת עֹזְרָיו‘They have gone down,יָרְדוּthey lie there,שָׁכְבוּthe uncircumcised,הָעֲרֵלִיםslainחַלְלֵיby the sword.’חָרֶב
Ezekiel 32:21
Study it in the app“The mighty ones of the mighty men will speak to him from the midst of Sheol, with his helpers: ‘They have gone down, they lie there, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 32:21, word by word
- The mighty onesאֵלֵיele
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “ele” appears- of the mighty menגִבּוֹרִיםgiborim
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appears- will speakיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- from the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- with his helpersעֹזְרָיozray
helper
A person who comes to another's side to help him in what he needs.
Where else “ozray” appears- ‘They have gone downיָרְדוּyardu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yardu” appears- they lie thereשָׁכְבוּshachvu
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shachvu” appears- the uncircumcisedעֲרֵלִיםarelim
uncircumcised
A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.
Where else “arelim” appears- slainחַלְלֵיchalle
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “challe” appears- by the sword.’חָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears
The context
20In the midst of those slain by the sword they will fall; to the sword she is given; drag her away and all her multitudes.
21 · This verse (above)
22There is Assyria and all her assembly; around him are his graves, all of them slain, those fallen by the sword,