And they do notוְלֹאlieיִשְׁכְּבוּwith the mighty menאֶת גִּבּוֹרִיםwho fellנֹפְלִיםfrom among the uncircumcised,מֵעֲרֵלִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwent downיָרְדוּto Sheolשְׁאוֹלwith their weaponsבִּכְלֵיof war,מִלְחַמְתָּםand they putוַיִּתְּנוּtheir swordsחַרְבוֹתָםunderתַּחַתtheir heads,רָאשֵׁיהֶםand their iniquitiesוַ עֲוֺנֹתָםwereתְּהִיon their bones;עַל עַצְמוֹתָםforכִּיthe terrorחִתִּיתof mighty men wasגִּבּוֹרִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof the living.חַיִּים
Ezekiel 32:27
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 32:27, word by word
- lieיִשְׁכְּבוּyishkvu
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “yishkvu” appears- with the mighty menגִּבּוֹרִיםgiborim
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appears- who fellנֹפְלִיםnoflim
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “noflim” appears- from among the uncircumcisedעֲרֵלִיםarelim
uncircumcised
A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.
Where else “arelim” appears- 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 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 their weaponsכְלֵיchele
weapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “chele” appears- of warמִלְחַמְתָּmilchamta
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchamta” appears- and they putיִּתְּנוּyitnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yitnu” appears- their swordsחַרְבוֹתָcharvota
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charvota” appears- their headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- and their iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתָavonota
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonota” appears- wereתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- on their bonesעַצְמוֹתָatsmota
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmota” appears- the terrorחִתִּיתchitit
terror
Terror, the dread that someone causes in others.
Where else “chitit” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears
Translation note
“They do not lie with the mighty men who fell”: the ancient Greek translation reads “they lie with the fallen mighty men of old.”
The context
26There are Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude; around him are her graves, all of them uncircumcised, pierced by the sword; for they put their terror in the land of the living.
27 · This verse (above)
28And you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those slain by the sword.