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Ezekiel 26:9

In Ezekiel 26 of Ezekiel.

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

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וּמְחִ֣יumechiand enginesמְחִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and engines”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4239a stroke, i.e. battering-ramengines.קָֽבָלּ֔וֹqavalvowarקֹבֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “war”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6904a battering-ramwar.יִתֵּ֖ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished 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…בְּחֹֽמוֹתָ֑יִךְbechomotayikhin wallחוֹמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “in wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2346a wall of protectionwall, walled.וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְumigdelotayikhand castleמִגְדָּלconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and castle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4026a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowerscastle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.יִתֹּ֖ץyitotsbeat downנָתַץverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “beat down”, an unfinished actionH5422to tear downbeat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽיוbecharvotayvin knifeחֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in knife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Young’s Literal Translation

And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.

World English Bible

He will set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.

Darby Translation

and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls, and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers.

Douay-Rheims

And he shall set engines of mar and battering rams against thy walls, and shall destroy thy towers with his arms.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He shall cast down with his swords thy walls and thy towers.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰ τείχη σου, καὶ τοὺς πύργους σου καταβαλεῖ ἐν ταῖς μαχαίραις αὐτοῦ.

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