King James Version

Ezekiel 19:7

And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

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וַיֵּ֨דַע֙vayedaand knowיָדַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and know”, the next action in the storyH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…אַלְמְנוֹתָ֔יוalmenotayvdesolate houseאַלְמָנָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “desolate house”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.וְעָרֵיהֶ֖םveareyhemand cityעִירconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.הֶחֱרִ֑יבhecherivdesolateחָרַבverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “desolate”, a completed actionH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.וַתֵּ֤שַׁםvateshamand be desolateיָשַׁםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be desolate”, the next action in the storyH3456to lie wastebe desolate.אֶ֨רֶץ֙eretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וּמְלֹאָ֔הּumeloahand fulnessמְלֹאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and fulness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4393fulness (literally or figuratively)[idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.מִקּ֖וֹלmiqolfrom soundקוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.שַׁאֲגָתֽוֹshaagatvoroaringשְׁאָגָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “roaring”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7581a rumbling or moanroaring.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he knew their castles, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it knoweth his forsaken habitations, And their cities it hath laid waste, And desolate is the land and its fulness, Because of the voice of his roaring.

World English Bible

He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.

Darby Translation

And he knew their [desolate] palaces, and he laid waste their cities, so that the land was desolate, and all it contained, by the noise of his roaring.

Douay-Rheims

He learned to make widows, and to lay waste their cities: and the land became desolate, and the fulness thereof by the noise of his roaring.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he knew their castles, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made the land desolate, and the fulness of it, by the voice of his roaring.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐνέμετο τῷ θράσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν ἐξηρήμωσε, καὶ ἠφάνισε γῆν, καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς ἀπὸ φωνῆς ὠρυώματος αὐτοῦ.