Ezekiel 15:4

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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it is

שָׁלַךְ

shâlak

H7993

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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into the

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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for

אׇכְלָה

ʼoklâh

H402

food

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the

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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both the

קָצָה

qâtsâh

H7098

a termination

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of it and the

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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of it is

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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Is it

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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for

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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Key Terms in This Verse

fuel H402

אׇכְלָה ʼoklâh

food

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devoureth H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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ends H7098

קָצָה qâtsâh

a termination

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burned H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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meet H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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midst H8432

תָּוֶךְ tâvek

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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work H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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cast H7993

שָׁלַךְ shâlak

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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fire H784

אֵשׁ ʼêsh

fire (literally or figuratively)

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fire H784

אֵשׁ ʼêsh

fire (literally or figuratively)

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Cross References

John 15:6 cross-reference

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

Isaiah 27:11 cross-reference

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a...

Psalm 80:16 cross-reference

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Isaiah 1:31 cross-reference

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Hebrews 12:29 cross-reference

For our God is a consuming fire.

Amos 4:11 cross-reference

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

Malachi 4:1 cross-reference

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i...

Ezekiel 19:14 cross-reference

And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Hebrews 6:8 cross-reference

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

Matthew 3:12 cross-reference

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

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