King James Version

Ezekiel 26:12

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

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וְשָׁלְל֣וּveshalelvand make self a preyשָׁלַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and make self a prey”, a completed action in a sequenceH7997to drop or strip; by implication, to plunderlet fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.חֵילֵ֗ךְcheylekhearmyחַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “army”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strengthable, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).וּבָֽזְזוּ֙uvazezvand catchבָּזַזconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and catch”, a completed action in a sequenceH962to plundercatch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְrekhulatekhemerchandiseרְכֻלָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “merchandise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7404trade (as peddled)merchandise, traffic.וְהָֽרְסוּ֙veharesvand breakהָרַסconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and break”, a completed action in a sequenceH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְchomotayikhwallחוֹמָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2346a wall of protectionwall, walled.וּבָתֵּ֥יuvateand familyבַּיִתconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְchemdatekhedesireחֶמְדָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “desire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2532delightdesire, goodly, pleasant, precious.יִתֹּ֑צוּyitotsvbeat downנָתַץverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beat down”, an unfinished actionH5422to tear downbeat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְvaavanayikhand stoneאֶבֶןconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וְעֵצַ֨יִךְ֙veetsayikhand treeעֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְvaafarekheand dustעָפָרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and dust”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.בְּת֥וֹךְbetokhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in 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).מַ֖יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).יָשִֽׂימוּyasimvputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy the houses of thy delight; and thy stones and thy timber and thy dust shall they lay in the midst of the waters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they have spoiled thy wealth, And they have plundered thy merchandise, And they have thrown down thy walls, And thy desirable houses they break down, And thy stones, and thy wood, and thy dust, In the midst of the waters they place.

World English Bible

They will make a plunder of your riches and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters.

Darby Translation

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy wares; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

Douay-Rheims

They shall waste thy riches, they shall make a spoil of thy merchandise: and they shall destroy thy walls, and pull down thy fine houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber, and thy dust in the midst of the waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall prey upon thy power, and plunder thy substance, and shall cast down thy walls, and break down thy pleasant houses: and he shall cast thy stones and thy timber and thy dust into the midst of thy sea.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ προνομεύσει τὴν δύναμίν σου, καὶ σκυλεύσει τὰ ὑπάρχοντά σου, καὶ καταβαλεῖ τὰ τείχη σου, καὶ τοὺς οἴκους σου τοὺς ἐπιθυμητοὺς καθελεῖ· καὶ τοὺς λίθους σου, καὶ τὰ ξύλα σου, καὶ τὸν χοῦν σου εἰς μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης σου ἐμβαλεῖ.