Ezekiel 33:2

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

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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דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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to the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of thy

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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and

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto them When I

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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the

חֶרֶב

chereb

H2719

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

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upon a

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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if the

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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a

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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of their

גְּבוּל

gᵉbûwl

H1366

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

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and

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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him for their

צָפָה

tsâphâh

H6822

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

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Key Terms in This Verse

watchman H6822

צָפָה tsâphâh

properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await

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coasts H1366

גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

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sword H2719

חֶרֶב chereb

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

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speak H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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bring H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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take H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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say H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Ezekiel 33:30 cross-reference

Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray y...

Ezekiel 14:17 cross-reference

Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

Ezekiel 3:11 cross-reference

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

Ezekiel 33:17 cross-reference

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

Zechariah 13:7 cross-reference

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one...

Isaiah 62:6 cross-reference

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

Ezekiel 3:27 cross-reference

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebelli...

Ezekiel 11:8 cross-reference

Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 33:12 cross-reference

Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall...

Ezekiel 33:7 cross-reference

So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

Ezekiel 37:18 cross-reference

And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

Jeremiah 51:12 cross-reference

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of ...

Ezekiel 6:3 cross-reference

And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upo...

Hosea 9:8 cross-reference

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

Leviticus 26:25 cross-reference

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered i...

Jeremiah 25:31 cross-reference

A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:12 cross-reference

The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

Ezekiel 14:21 cross-reference

For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

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