My sheepצֹאנִיwanderיִשְׁגּוּover allבְּכָלthe mountainsהֶהָרִיםand on everyוְעַל כָּלhighרָמָהhill;גִּבְעָהand over allוְעַל כָּלthe faceפְּנֵיof the earthהָאָרֶץmy sheepצֹאנִיwere scattered,נָפֹצוּand there is noוְאֵיןone who inquiresדּוֹרֵשׁand noוְאֵיןone who seeks.מְבַקֵּשׁ
Ezekiel 34:6
Study it in the app“My sheep wander over all the mountains and on every high hill; and over all the face of the earth my sheep were scattered, and there is no one who inquires and no one who seeks.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 34:6, word by word
- My sheepצֹאנִtsoni
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tsoni” appears- wanderיִשְׁגּוּyishgu
go astray
To wander from the way or command, often unintentionally.
Where else “yishgu” appears- the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- highרָמָהrama
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “rama” appears- hillגִּבְעָהgiva
hill
Hill.
Where else “giva” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- were scatteredנָפֹצוּnafotsu
be scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “nafotsu” appears- one who inquiresדּוֹרֵשׁdoresh
require
To investigate, or hold to account.
Where else “doresh” appears- one who seeksמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakesh” appears
The context
5And they were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every animal of the field, and they were scattered.
6 · This verse (above)
7Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of YHWH: