And I will makeוְנָתַתִּיthe landהָאָרֶץa desolationשְׁמָמָהand a horror,וּמְשַׁמָּהand the prideוְ גְּאוֹןof her strengthעֻזָּהּwill cease,נִשְׁבַּתand the mountainsוְ הָרֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill be desolate,שָׁמְמוּwith no oneמֵאֵיןpassing through.עוֹבֵר
Ezekiel 33:28
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Ezekiel 33:28, word by word
- And I will makeנָתַתִּיnatati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natati” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- and a horrorמְשַׁמָּהmeshama
horror
The dismay a ruin causes.
Where else “meshama” appears- and the prideגְּאוֹןgeon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appears- of her strengthעֻזָּuza
strength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uza” appears- will ceaseנִשְׁבַּתnishbat
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “nishbat” appears- and the mountainsהָרֵיhare
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hare” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- will be desolateשָׁמְמוּshammu
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “shammu” appears- passing throughעוֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears
The context
27Thus you will say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: As I live, surely those who are in the ruins by the sword will fall, and whoever is on the face of the field, to the animals I have given him to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves by pestilence will die.
28 · This verse (above)
29And they will know that I am YHWH, when I make the land a desolation and a horror because of all their abominations that they have done.’