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Ezekiel 17:13

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

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וַיִּקַּח֙vayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.מִזֶּ֣רַעmizerafrom seedזֶרַעpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.הַמְּלוּכָ֔הhamlukhahthe kingsomמְלוּכָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the kingsom”, the ordinary formH4410something ruled, i.e. a realmkingsom, king's, [idiom] royal.וַיִּכְרֹ֥תvayikhrotand covenantכָּרַתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and covenant”, the next action in the storyH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.אִתּ֖וֹitvoamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.בְּרִ֑יתberitconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.וַיָּבֵ֤אvayaveand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אֹתוֹ֙otvoobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּאָלָ֔הbealahin curseאָלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in curse”, the ordinary formH423an imprecationcurse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֵילֵ֥יeyleoakאַיִלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “oak”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong treemighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.לָקָֽחlaqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a completed actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and the mighty of the land he took away;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

Young’s Literal Translation

And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,

World English Bible

He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,

Darby Translation

And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;

Douay-Rheims

And he shall take one of the king’s seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and the mighty of the land he took away;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ λήψεται ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος τῆς βασιλείας, καὶ διαθήσεται πρὸς αὐτὸν διαθήκην, καὶ εἰσάξει αὐτὸν ἐν ἀρᾷ καὶ τοὺς ἡγεμόνας τῆς γῆς λήψεται,