Ezekiel 28:8
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. | They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas. | They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to the pit | לַשַּׁ֖חַת | la-SHA-chat | H7845G | Pit: hellשַׁ֫חַת (sha.chat) Pit, of hell Another name of she.ol (שְׁאוֹל "Sheol" H7585) This name means pit, grave |
| they will bring down you | יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ | yo-ri-DU-kha | H3381 | to go downיָרַד (ya.rad) 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down |
| and you will die | וָמַ֛תָּה | va-MA-tah | H4191 | to dieמוּת (mut) 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely |
| [the] deaths of | מְמוֹתֵ֥י | me-mo-TEI | H4463 | deathמָמוֹת (ma.mot) death |
| [the] slain | חָלָ֖ל | cha-LAL | H2491A | slain: killedחָלָל (cha.lal) : killed 1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced 1a) pierced, fatally wounded 1b) slain Also means: cha.lal (חָלָל ": wounded" H2491H) |
| in [the] heart of | בְּלֵ֥ב | be-LEV | H3820A | mindבָּל (bal) mind, heart Aramaic of lev (לֵב "heart" H3820A) |
| [the] seas | יַמִּֽים׃ | ya-MIM | H3220G | seaיָם (yam) : sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.