Ezekiel 14:15 Go deeper
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If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: (KJV)
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לֽוּ\־lu-if
Lemma: לוּ (lu) · Strong's: H3863
Parsing: Conjunction (HC)
Meaning: if
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 17:18, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 30:34, Genesis 50:15, Numbers 14:2, Numbers 20:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3863; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 1
חַיָּ֥הchai.Yahanimal[s]
Lemma: חַיָּה (chay.yah) · Strong's: H2416C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: living thing
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416C; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 2
רָעָ֛הra.'Ahwild
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: bad: harmful
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 24:50, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 37:2, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451A; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 3
אַעֲבִ֥יר'a.'a.VirI will cause to pass
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 4
בָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzin the land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 5
וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּהve.shi.ke.La.tahand it will make childless it
Lemma: שָׁכֹל (sha.khol) · Strong's: H7921A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpq3fs)
Meaning: be bereaved
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 42:36, Genesis 43:14, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 26:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7921A; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 6
וְהָיְתָ֤הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 7
שְׁמָמָה֙she.ma.Maha desolation
Lemma: שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.mah) · Strong's: H8077A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: devastation
Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:33, Joshua 8:28, Isaiah 1:7, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8077A; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 8
מִבְּלִ֣יmi.be.Libecause not
Lemma: בְּלִי (be.li) · Strong's: H1097
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: without
Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 31:20, Exodus 14:11, Deuteronomy 4:42, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 28:55 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1097; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 9
עוֹבֵ֔רo.Ver[one who] passes by
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 10
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: because
Used 85 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 36:7, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 47:13, Exodus 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440I; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 11
הַחַיָּֽה\׃ha.chai.Yahthe animal[s]
Lemma: חַיָּה (chay.yah) · Strong's: H2416C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: living thing
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416C; TAHOT Ezekiel 14:15 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Or if | → | לוּ H3863 if |
| I send wild | → | רַע H7451A bad: harmful |
| . . . | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| beasts | → | חַיָּה H2416C living thing |
| through the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| to leave it childless | → | שָׁכֹל H7921A be bereaved |
| [and] | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| desolate | → | שְׁמָמָה H8077A devastation |
| with no man | → | בְּלִי H1097 without |
| passing through it | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| for fear | → | פָּנֶה H6440I face: because |
| of the beasts | → | חַיָּה H2416C living thing |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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