Ezekiel 22:30 Go deeper

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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁva.'a.va.Keshand I sought

Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpw1cs)

Meaning: to seek

Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 1

אִ֣ישׁ'isha person

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 2

גֹּֽדֵר\־go.der-[who will] build

Lemma: גָּדַר (ga.dar) · Strong's: H1443

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to wall up/off

Used 10 times. Also: 2 Kings 12:12, 2 Kings 22:6, Job 19:8, Isaiah 58:12, Lamentations 3:7, Lamentations 3:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1443; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 3

גָּדֵר֩ga.Dera wall

Lemma: גָּדֵר (ga.der) · Strong's: H1447

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wall

Used 12 times. Also: Numbers 22:24, Ezra 9:9, Psalms 62:3, Psalms 80:12, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Isaiah 5:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1447; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 4

וְעֹמֵ֨דve.'o.Medand [who will] stand

Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to stand: stand

Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:22, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 5

בַּפֶּ֧רֶץba.Pe.retzin the breach

Lemma: פֶּ֫רֶץ (pe.rets) · Strong's: H6556

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: breach

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 38:29, Judges 21:15, 2 Samuel 5:20, 2 Samuel 6:8, 1 Kings 11:27, 1 Chronicles 13:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6556; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 6

לְפָנַ֛יle.fa.Nai<to> before me

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 7

בְּעַ֥דbe.'Adfor

Lemma: בַּ֫עַד (be.ad) · Strong's: H1157

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)

Meaning: about/through/for

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 7:16, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 26:8, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1157; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 8

הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe 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 22:30 word 9

לְבִלְתִּ֣יle.vil.Tito not

Lemma: בִּלְתִּי (bil.ti) · Strong's: H1115

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: lest

Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 38:9, Genesis 43:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1115; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 10

שַׁחֲתָ֑הּsha.cha.Tahto destroy it

Lemma: שָׁחַת (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7843

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)

Meaning: to ruin

Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7843; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 11

וְלֹ֖אve.Lo'and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 12

מָצָֽאתִי\׃ma.Tza.tiI found [anyone]

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:30 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I searched for	→	בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek
a man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
among them	→
to repair	→	גָּדַר H1443 to wall up/off
the wall	→	גָּדֵר H1447 wall
and stand	→	עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand
in the gap	→	פֶּ֫רֶץ H6556 breach
before Me	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
on behalf of	→	בַּ֫עַד H1157 about/through/for
the land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
so that I should not	→	בִּלְתִּי H1115 lest
destroy it	→	שָׁחַת H7843 to ruin
But I found	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
no one	→	לֹא H3808 not

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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