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Ezekiel 32:8

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And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.	All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.	I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

All the bright^H3974 lights^H216 of heaven^H8064 will I make dark^H6937 over thee, and set^H5414 darkness^H2822 upon thy land^H776, saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069.

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Original Hebrew

כָּל־מְאֹורֵי אֹור בַּשָּׁמַיִם אַקְדִּירֵם עָלֶיךָ וְנָתַתִּי חֹשֶׁךְ עַל־אַרְצְךָ נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
מְא֤וֹרֵי	me.'o.rei	H3974	HNcmpc	(the) luminaries of
אוֹר֙	'Or	H216	HNcbsa	light
בַּ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם	ba./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HRd/Ncmpa	in the/ heavens
אַקְדִּירֵ֖/ם	'ak.di.Re/m	H6937	HVhi1cs/Sp3mp	I will darken/ them
עָלֶ֑י/ךָ	'a.Lei./kha	H5921	HR/Sp2ms	over/ you
וְ/נָתַ֤תִּי	ve./na.Ta.ti	H5414	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will put
חֹ֨שֶׁךְ֙	cho.shekh	H2822	HNcmsa	darkness
עַֽל	'al-	H5921	HR	over
אַרְצְ/ךָ֔	'ar.tze./Kha	H776	HNcbsc/Sp2ms	land/ your
נְאֻ֖ם	ne.'Um	H5002	HNcmsc	(the) utterance of
אֲדֹנָ֥/י	'a.do.Nai	H136	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	(the) Lord
יְהוִֽה	Yah.weh	H3069	HNp	Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H136 — אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'): an emphatic form of אָדוֹן; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.
• H216 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
• H3069 — יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, yeh-ho-vee'): a variation of יְהֹוָה (used after אֲדֹנָי, and pronounced by Jews as אֱלֹהִים, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce יְהֹוָה as אֲדֹנָי); {YHWH}; God.
• H3974 — מָאוֹר (mâʼôwr, maw-ore'): or מָאֹר; also (in plural) feminine מְאוֹרָה; or מְאֹרָה; from אוֹר; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier; bright, light.
• H5002 — נְאֻם (nᵉʼum, neh-oom'): from נָאַם; an oracle; (hath) said, saith.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to 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] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6937 — קָדַר (qâdar, kaw-dar'): a primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments); be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• bright lights of heaven — Genesis 1:14
• dark — Proverbs 20:20

Reciprocal references (12): Job 38:19, Isaiah 5:30, Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 34:4, Isaiah 45:7, Jeremiah 4:23, Lamentations 2:1, Matthew 24:29, Luke 21:25, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 8:12

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ASTRONOMY, DARKNESS, ECLIPSE

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