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Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

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קְבֻ֣צַתqevutsata hoardקְבֻצָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “a hoard”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6910a hoard[idiom] gather.כֶּ֡סֶףkesefmoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).וּ֠נְחֹשֶׁתunechoshetand copperנְחֹשֶׁתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and copper”, the ordinary formH5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.וּבַרְזֶ֨לuvarzeland ironבַּרְזֶלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.וְעוֹפֶ֤רֶתveoferetand leadעוֹפֶרֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and lead”, the ordinary formH5777lead (from its dusty color)lead.וּבְדִיל֙uvediland tinבְּדִילconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and tin”, the ordinary formH913alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy, tin[phrase] plummet, tin.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).תּ֣וֹךְtokheamongתָּוֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).כּ֔וּרkurfurnace. Compare H3600כּוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “furnace. Compare H3600”, the ordinary formH3564a pot or furnace (as if excavated)furnace. Compare H3600 (כִּיר).לָפַֽחַתlafachatto blowנָפַחpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to blow”, the to-form of the verbH5301to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.עָלָ֥יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אֵ֖שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.לְהַנְתִּ֑יךְlehantikheto dropנָתַךְpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to drop”, the to-form of the verbH5413to flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquifydrop, gather (together), melt, pour (forth, out).כֵּ֤ןkenas... asכֵּןparticle, demonstrative — “as... as”H3651properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)[phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (th…אֶקְבֹּץ֙eqbotsassembleקָבַץverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “assemble”, an unfinished actionH6908to grasp, i.e. collectassemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.בְּאַפִּ֣יbeapiin faceאַףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.וּבַחֲמָתִ֔יuvachamatiand in angerחֵמָהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and in anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529 (חֶמְאָה).וְהִנַּחְתִּ֥יvehinachtiand bestowיָנַחconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and bestow”, a completed action in a sequenceH3240to deposit; by implication, to allow to staybestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any di…וְהִתַּכְתִּ֖יvehitakhtiand dropנָתַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and drop”, a completed action in a sequenceH5413to flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquifydrop, gather (together), melt, pour (forth, out).אֶתְכֶֽםetkhemobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “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).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in Mine anger and in My fury, and I will cast you in, and melt you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.

Young’s Literal Translation

A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace — to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.

World English Bible

As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there and melt you.

Darby Translation

[As] they gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you.

Douay-Rheims

As they gather silver, and brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace: that I may kindle a fire in it to melt it: so will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath, and will take my rest, and I will melt you down.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

As silver, and brass, and iron, and tin, and lead, are gathered into the midst of the furnace, to blow fire into it, that they may be melted: so will I take you in my wrath, and I will gather and melt you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καθὼς εἰσδέχεται ἄργυρος, καὶ χαλκὸς, καὶ σίδηρος, καὶ κασσίτερος, καὶ μόλιβος εἰς μέσον καμίνου, τοῦ ἐκφυσῆσαι εἰς αὐτὸ πῦρ τοῦ χωνευθῆναι, οὕτως εἰσδέξομαι ἐν ὀργῇ μου, καὶ συνάξω καὶ χωνεύσω ὑμᾶς,