Ezekiel 5:16

“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.”

Ezekiel 5:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 5:16, word by word

When I sendשַׁלְּחִshalchi

send

To send someone or something.

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the evilרָעִיםraim

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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arrowsחִצֵּיchitse

arrow

Arrow.

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of famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

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areהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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for destructionמַשְׁחִיתmashchit

destruction

Total ruin, or a face marred by fear or misfortune.

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to destroy youשַׁחֶתְshachet

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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I will addאֹסֵףosef

add

To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.

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and I will breakשָׁבַרְתִּיshavarti

break

To break something to pieces.

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the staffמַטֵּהmate

staff

A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.

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of breadלָחֶםlachem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

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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.”

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