to takeלִשְׁלֹלspoilשָׁלָלand to seizeוְלָבֹזplunder,בַּזto turnלְהָשִׁיבyour handיָדְךָagainst the ruinsעַל חֳרָבוֹתnow inhabited,נוֹשָׁבֹתand against a peopleוְאֶל עַםgatheredמְאֻסָּףfrom nations,מִגּוֹיִםwho have acquiredעֹשֶׂהlivestockמִקְנֶהand goods,וְקִנְיָןwho liveיֹשְׁבֵיatעַלthe navelטַבּוּרof the earth.הָאָרֶץ
Ezekiel 38:12
Study it in the app“to take spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins now inhabited, and against a people gathered from nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the navel of the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 38:12, word by word
- to takeשְׁלֹלshelol
plunder
To strip the defeated of their goods.
Where else “shelol” appears- spoilשָׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- and to seizeבֹזvoz
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “voz” appears- plunderבַּזbaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “baz” appears- to turnהָשִׁיבhashiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashiv” appears- your handיָדְyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- against the ruinsחֳרָבוֹתchoravot
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “choravot” appears- now inhabitedנוֹשָׁבֹתnoshavot
be inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “noshavot” appears- and against a peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- gatheredמְאֻסָּףmeusaf
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “meusaf” appears- from nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- who have acquiredעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- livestockמִקְנֶהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- and goodsקִנְיָןkinyan
possessions
What has been acquired: goods, possessions, property.
Where else “kinyan” appears- the navelטַבּוּרtabur
center, highest part
The central and highest part of a region. The word appears only in Judges 9:37 and Ezekiel 38:12.
Where else “tabur” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
“The navel of the earth”: its center (also Judges 9:37).
The context
11and you will say, “I will go up against a land of unwalled towns; I will come against those at ease, who live securely, all of them living without wall, and bar and doors they do not have,”
12 · This verse (above)
13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young lions will say to you, “Is it to take spoil that you come? Is it to seize plunder that you have assembled your assembly, to carry away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to take great spoil?”’