O mortal, intone a dirge over Pharaoh king of Egypt. Say to him:O great beast among the nations,aO great beast among the nations Meaning of Heb. uncertain. you are doomed!You are like the dragon in the seas,Thrusting through theirbtheir Heb. “your.” streams,Stirring up the water with your feetAnd muddying their streams!
And I will fling you to the ground,Hurl you upon the open field.I will cause all the birds of the skyTo settle upon you.I will cause the beasts of all the earthTo batten on you.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ונטשתיך
795
בארץ
293
עלפני
240
השדה
314
אטילך
70
והשכנתי
791
עליך
130
כלעוף
206
השמים
395
והשבעתי
793
ממך
100
חית
418
כלהארץ
346
Ezekiel 32:5
Gematria: 3727
ונתתיאתבשרךעלההריםומלאתיהגאיותרמותך
I will cast your carcass upon the hillsAnd fill the valleys with your rotting flesh.crotting flesh Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ונתתי
866
אתבשרך
923
עלההרים
360
ומלאתי
487
הגאיות
425
רמותך
666
Ezekiel 32:6
Gematria: 2581
והשקיתיארץצפתךמדמךאלההריםואפקיםימלאוןממך
I will drench the earthWith your oozing blood upon the hills,And the watercourses shall be filled with your [gore].
All the lights that shine in the skyI will darken above you;And I will bring darkness upon your land—declares the Sovereign GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלמאורי
307
אור
207
בשמים
392
אקדירם
355
עליך
130
ונתתי
866
חשך
328
עלארצך
411
נאם
91
אדני
65
יהוה
26
Ezekiel 32:9
Gematria: 3481
והכעסתילבעמיםרביםבהביאישברךבגויםעלארצותאשרלאידעתם
I will vex the hearts of many peoplesWhen I bring your shattered remnantsdshattered remnants Septuagint reads “captives.” among the nations,To countries that you never knew.
I will strike many peoples with horror over your fate;And their kings shall be aghast over you,When I brandish My sword before them.Everyone shall tremble continuallyFor their own life,On the day of your downfall.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והשמותי
767
עליך
130
עמים
160
רבים
252
ומלכיהם
151
ישערו
586
עליך
130
שער
570
בעופפי
248
חרבי
220
עלפניהם
285
וחרדו
224
לרגעים
353
איש
311
לנפשו
466
ביום
58
מפלתךפ
650
Ezekiel 32:11
Gematria: 1150
כיכהאמראדנייהוהחרבמלךבבלתבואך
For thus said the Sovereign GOD:The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
I will cause your multitude to fallBy the swords of warriors,All the most ruthless among the nations.They shall ravage the splendor of Egypt,And all her masses shall be wiped out.
I will make all her cattle vanish from beside abundant waters;The feet of humans shall not muddy them anymore,Nor shall the hoofs of cattle muddy them.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והאבדתי
428
אתכלבהמתה
903
מעל
140
מים
90
רבים
252
ולא
37
תדלחם
482
רגלאדם
278
עוד
80
ופרסות
752
בהמה
52
לא
31
תדלחם
482
Ezekiel 32:14
Gematria: 2000
אזאשקיעמימיהםונהרותםכשמןאוליךנאםאדנייהוה
Then I will let their waters settle,And make their rivers flow like oil—declares the Sovereign GOD:
When I lay the land of Egypt waste,When the land is emptied of [the life] that filled it,When I strike down all its inhabitants.And they shall know that I am GOD.
This is a dirge, and it shall be intoned;The women of the nations shall intone it,They shall intone it over Egypt and all her multitude—declares the Sovereign GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
קינה
165
היא
16
וקוננוה
223
בנות
458
הגוים
64
תקוננה
611
אותה
412
עלמצרים
480
ועלכלהמונה
262
תקוננה
611
אותה
412
נאם
91
אדני
65
יהוהפ
106
Ezekiel 32:17
Gematria: 3504
ויהיבשתיעשרהשנהבחמשהעשרלחדשהיהדבריהוהאלילאמר
In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month,ethe month Presumably the twelfth month; cf. v. 1. the word of GOD came to me:
fConstruction of this verse uncertain. O mortal, wail [the dirge]—along with the women of the mighty nations—over the masses of Egypt, accompanying their descent to the lowest part of the netherworld, among those who have gone down into the Pit.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בןאדם
97
נהה
60
עלהמון
201
מצרים
380
והורדהו
232
אותה
412
ובנות
464
גוים
59
אדרם
245
אלארץ
322
תחתיות
1224
אתיורדי
631
בור
208
Ezekiel 32:19
Gematria: 1948
ממינעמתרדהוהשכבהאתערלים
Whom do you surpass in beauty? Down with you, and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!
Word-by-Word Analysis
ממי
90
נעמת
560
רדה
209
והשכבה
338
אתערלים
751
Ezekiel 32:20
Gematria: 2507
בתוךחלליחרביפלוחרבנתנהמשכואותהוכלהמוניה
They shall lie amid those slain by the sword,gWhom do you surpass … by the sword Cf. 31.18ff. and the second note at 31.14. hConstruction of this verse uncertain. [amid those slain by] the sword [Egypt] has been dragged and left with all her masses.
From the depths of Sheol the mightiest of warriors speak to PharaohiPharaoh Heb. “him”; cf. v. 2. and his allies; the uncircumcised, the slain by the sword, have gone down and lie [there].
Word-by-Word Analysis
ידברולו
258
אלי
41
גבורים
261
מתוך
466
שאול
337
אתעזריו
694
ירדו
220
שכבו
328
הערלים
355
חלליחרב
288
Ezekiel 32:22
Gematria: 2892
שםאשורוכלקהלהסביבותיוקברתיוכלםחלליםהנפליםבחרב
Assyria is there with all her company, their graves round about, all of them slain, fallen by the sword.
Their graves set in the farthest recesses of the Pit, all her company are round about her tomb, all of them slain, fallen by the sword—they who struck terror in the land of the living.
There too is Elam and all her masses round about her tomb, all of them slain, fallen by the sword—they who descended uncircumcised to the lowest part of the netherworld, who struck terror in the land of the living—now they bear their shame with those who have gone down to the Pit.
They made a bed for her among the slain, with all her masses; their graves are round about her. They are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Though their terror was once spread over the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who have gone into the Pit; they are placed among the slain.
Meshech and Tubal and all their masses are there; their graves are round about. They are all uncircumcised, pierced through by the sword—they who once struck terror in the land of the living.
And they do not lie with the fallen uncircumcised warriors, who went down to Sheol with their battle gear, who put their swords beneath their heads and their iniquitiesjiniquities Emendation yields “shields.” upon their bones—for the terror of the warriors was upon the land of the living.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולא
37
ישכבו
338
אתגבורים
662
נפלים
210
מערלים
390
אשר
501
ירדושאול
557
בכלימלחמתם
620
ויתנו
472
אתחרבותם
1057
תחת
808
ראשיהם
556
ותהי
421
עונתם
566
עלעצמותם
746
כיחתית
848
גבורים
261
בארץ
293
חיים
68
Ezekiel 32:28
Gematria: 3509
ואתהבתוךערליםתשברותשכבאתחלליחרב
And you too shall be shattered amid the uncircumcised, and lie among those slain by the sword.
Edom is there, her kings and all her chieftains, who, for all their might, are laid among those who are slain by the sword; they too lie with the uncircumcised and with those who have gone down to the Pit.
All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there, who went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror that their might inspired; and they lie, uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who have gone down to the Pit.
These Pharaoh shall see, and he shall be consoled for all his masses, those of Pharaoh’s men slain by the sword and all his army—declares the Sovereign GOD.
I strike terror into the land of the living; PharaohkI strike terror into the land of the living; Pharaoh Emendation yields “because he struck terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh.” and all his masses are laid among the uncircumcised, along with those who were slain by the sword—said the Sovereign GOD.