When I sendבְּשַׁלְּחִיthe evilהָרָעִיםarrowsחִצֵּיof famineהָרָעָבagainst them,בָּהֶםwhichאֲשֶׁרareהָיוּfor destruction,לְמַשְׁחִיתwhichאֲשֶׁרI will sendאֲשַׁלַּחto destroy you,לְשַׁחֶתְכֶםand famineוְרָעָבI will addאֹסֵףon you,עֲלֵיכֶםand I will breakוְשָׁבַרְתִּיfor youלָכֶםthe staffמַטֵּהof bread.לָחֶם
Ezekiel 5:16
Study it in the app“When I send the evil arrows of famine against them, which are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and famine I will add on you, and I will break for you the staff of bread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 5:16, word by word
- When I sendשַׁלְּחִshalchi
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalchi” appears- the evilרָעִיםraim
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raim” appears- arrowsחִצֵּיchitse
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chitse” appears- of famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- areהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- for destructionמַשְׁחִיתmashchit
destruction
Total ruin, or a face marred by fear or misfortune.
Where else “mashchit” appears- to destroy youשַׁחֶתְshachet
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachet” appears- I will addאֹסֵףosef
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “osef” appears- and I will breakשָׁבַרְתִּיshavarti
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavarti” appears- the staffמַטֵּהmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears- of breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears
The context
15And it will be a reproach and a taunt, a correction and a horror to the nations that are around you, when I carry out judgments on you in anger and in fury and with rebukes of fury. I, YHWH, have spoken.
16 · This verse (above)
17And I will send against you famine and fierce animals, and they will bereave you; and pestilence and blood will pass through you, and the sword I will bring upon you. I, YHWH, have spoken.”