Ezekiel 7:16

“And those of them who escape will escape, and they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each for his iniquity.”

Ezekiel 7:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 7:16, word by word

And those of them who escapeפְּלִיטֵיpelite

fugitive, survivor

Fugitive, survivor: someone who escaped from a battle or a disaster.

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will escapeפָלְטוּfaltu

escape

To get free from danger.

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and they will beהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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on the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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like dovesיוֹנֵיyone

dove

A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.

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of the valleysגֵּאָיוֹתgeayot

valley

Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.

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moaningהֹמוֹתhomot

moan

To be restless inside, groan.

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eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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for his iniquityעֲוֺנavon

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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The context

15The sword is outside, and pestilence and famine inside; whoever is in the field will die by the sword, and whoever is in the city, famine and pestilence will devour him.

16 · This verse (above)

17All hands will grow limp, and all knees will go to water.

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