Ezekiel 19 — Rabbi

Ezekiel 19:1

וְאַתָּה֙

ʼattâh

and — thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you שָׂ֣א

nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative קִינָ֔ה

qîynâh

a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments) אֶל

ʼêl

near, with or among; often in general, to נְשִׂיאֵ֖י

nâsîyʼ

properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Yisrâʼêl

he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Ezekiel 19:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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“As for you, take up

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The identical "lamentation" (qinah) word opening and closing the chapter, framing the whole dirge.a dirge (funeral poem to be sung)

Inclusio

The identical "lamentation" (qinah) word opening and closing the chapter, framing the whole dirge. for the princes of Israel

Inclusio

The identical "lamentation" (qinah) word opening and closing the chapter, framing the whole dirge.

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▦Ezekiel 19:1New

This dirge closes out a run of allegories against Jerusalem's kingship, mourning the actual line of captured kings rather than issuing a further threat.

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The identical 'lamentation' (qinah) word closing the chapter, naming it a dirge both at its opening and its final line.

Ezekiel 19:1 · WEB

“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Ezekiel 19:14 · WEB

Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”

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Today's memory verse · from this session

““As for you, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for the princes of Israel”

Ezekiel 19:1

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