Ezekiel 7:18

“And they will gird on sackcloth, and shuddering will cover them; and on all faces will be shame, and on all their heads baldness.”

Ezekiel 7:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 7:18, word by word

And they will gird onחָגְרוּchagru

gird

Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.

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sackclothשַׂקִּיםsakim

sackcloth

Rough cloth worn in mourning.

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and shudderingפַּלָּצוּתpalatsut

shuddering, horror

Trembling, a shudder of dread.

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will coverכִסְּתָהchista

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

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facesפָּנִיםpanim

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

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will be shameבּוּשָׁהbusha

shame

Shame, a disgrace that covers someone.

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their headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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baldnessקָרְחָהkarcha

baldness

A bald spot: a part of the head shaved bare as a sign of mourning.

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The context

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

18 · This verse (above)

19Their silver into the streets they will throw, and their gold will be as impurity; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHWH; their appetite they will not satisfy, and their insides they will not fill, for it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.

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