Ezekiel 17:15 Go deeper
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But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things ? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? (KJV)
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וַיִּמְרָד\־vai.yim.rod-and he rebelled
Lemma: מָרַד (ma.rad) · Strong's: H4775
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to rebel
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Numbers 14:9, Joshua 22:16, Joshua 22:18, Joshua 22:19, Joshua 22:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4775; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 1
לִשְׁלֹ֤חַlish.Lo.achby sending
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 2
מַלְאָכָיו֙mal.'a.Khavmessengers his
Lemma: מַלְאָךְ (ma.le.akh) · Strong's: H4397G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: messenger
Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 32:3, Genesis 32:6, Numbers 20:14, Numbers 21:21, Numbers 22:5, Numbers 24:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4397G; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 3
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 4
לָֽתֶת\־la.tet-to give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 5
סוּסִ֖יםsu.Simhorses
Lemma: סוּס (sus) · Strong's: H5483M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: horse
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 47:17, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 9:3, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5483M; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 6
וְעַם\־ve.'am-and a people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people: soldiers
Used 77 times. Also: Exodus 14:6, Numbers 20:20, Numbers 31:32, Deuteronomy 20:1, Joshua 8:1, Joshua 8:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971K; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 7
רָ֑בRavnumerous
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 8
הֲיִצְלָ֤חha.yitz.Lach¿ will he prosper
Lemma: צָלֵחַ (tsa.lech) · Strong's: H6743B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to prosper
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 24:21, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:56, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6743B; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 9
הֲיִמָּלֵט֙ha.yi.ma.Let¿ will he escape
Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to escape
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 10
הָעֹשֵׂ֣הha.'o.Sehthe [one who] does
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 11
אֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 12
וְהֵפֵ֥רve.he.Ferand will he break?
Lemma: פָּרַר (pa.rar) · Strong's: H6565A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)
Meaning: to break
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 17:14, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 15:31, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6565A; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 13
בְּרִ֖יתbe.Rita covenant
Lemma: בְּרִית (be.rit) · Strong's: H1285
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: covenant
Used 284 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1285; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 14
וְנִמְלָֽט\׃ve.nim.Latand will he escape?
Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNq3ms)
Meaning: to escape
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Ezekiel 17:15 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But this [king] rebelled | → | מָרַד H4775 to rebel |
| against [Babylon] | → | |
| by sending | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| his envoys | → | מַלְאָךְ H4397G messenger |
| to Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
| to ask for | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| horses | → | סוּס H5483M horse |
| and a large | → | רַב H7227A many |
| army | → | עַם H5971K people: soldiers |
| Will he flourish | → | צָלֵחַ H6743B to prosper |
| Will the one who does | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| such | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| things escape | → | מָלַט H4422 to escape |
| Can he break | → | פָּרַר H6565A to break |
| a covenant | → | בְּרִית H1285 covenant |
| and yet escape | → | מָלַט H4422 to escape |
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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