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Ezekiel 24:8

That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

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לְהַעֲל֤וֹתlehaalotto ascend upעָלָהpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to ascend up”, the to-form of the verbH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…חֵמָה֙chemahangerחֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529 (חֶמְאָה).לִנְקֹ֣םlinqomto avengeנָקַםpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to avenge”, the to-form of the verbH5358to grudge, i.e. avenge or punishavenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), [idiom] surely, take vengeance.נָקָ֔םnaqamquarrelנָקָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “quarrel”, the ordinary formH5359revenge[phrase] avenged, quarrel, vengeance.נָתַ֥תִּיnatatigiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “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).דָּמָ֖הּdamahblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…צְחִ֣יחַtsechichahigher placeצְחִיחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “higher place”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6706glaring, i.e. exposed to the bright sunhigher place, top.סָ֑לַעsalarockסֶלַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “rock”, the ordinary formH5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.לְבִלְתִּ֖יleviltito because unבִּלְתִּיpreposition, conjunction — “to because un”H1115properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.הִכָּסֽוֹתhikasotcoverכָּסָהverb, niphal, infinitive construct — “cover”, the to-form of the verbH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

that it might cause fury to come up, that vengeance might be taken, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

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American Standard Version (1901)

That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Young’s Literal Translation

To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock — not to be covered.

World English Bible

That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.”

Darby Translation

That it might cause fury to come up to execute vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Douay-Rheims

And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be covered.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

that it might cause fury to come up, that vengeance might be taken, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τοῦ ἀναβῆναι θυμὸν εἰς ἐκδίκησιν ἐκδικηθῆναι· δέδωκα τὸ αἷμα αὐτῆς ἐπὶ λεωπετρίαν, τοῦ μὴ καλύψαι αὐτό.