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Ezekiel 7:21

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

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וּנְתַתִּ֤יוunetativand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to 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…בְּיַֽדbeyadin handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […הַזָּרִים֙hazarimthe strangeזוּרdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “the strange”, the ordinary formH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).לָבַ֔זlavazto bootyבַּזpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to booty”, the ordinary formH957plunderbooty, prey, spoil(-ed).וּלְרִשְׁעֵ֥יulerisheand to guiltyרָשָׁעconjunction, preposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “and to guilty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.לְשָׁלָ֑לleshalalto preyשָׁלָלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to prey”, the ordinary formH7998bootyprey, spoil.וחללהvchllhand beginחָלַלconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and begin”, a completed action in a sequenceH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…וְחִלְּלֽוּהוּvechilluhvand beginחָלַלconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and begin”, a completed action in a sequenceH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have given it into the hand of the strangers for a prey, And to the wicked of the land for a spoil, And they have polluted it.

World English Bible

I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a plunder; and they will profane it.

Darby Translation

And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.

Douay-Rheims

And I will give it into the hands of strangers for spoil, and to the wicked of the earth for a prey, and they shall defile it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ παραδώσω αὐτὰ εἰς χεῖρας ἀλλοτρίων, τοῦ διαρπάσαι αὐτὰ, καὶ τοῖς λοιμοῖς τῆς γῆς εἰς σκῦλα, καὶ βεβηλώσουσιν αὐτά.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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