Ezekiel 34:6

“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.”

Ezekiel 34:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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:

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