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Ezekiel 34:8

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Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;	[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because [there was] no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;	Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As I live^H2416, saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, surely because my flock^H6629 became a prey^H957, and my flock^H6629 became meat^H402 to every beast^H2416 of the field^H7704, because there was no shepherd^H7462, neither did my shepherds^H7462 search^H1875 for my flock^H6629, but the shepherds^H7462 fed^H7462 themselves, and fed^H7462 not my flock^H6629;

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Original Hebrew

חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם ׀ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אִם־לֹא יַעַן הֱיֹות־צֹאנִי ׀ לָבַז וַתִּהְיֶינָה צֹאנִי לְאָכְלָה לְכָל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה מֵאֵין רֹעֶה וְלֹא־דָרְשׁוּ רֹעַי אֶת־צֹאנִי וַיִּרְעוּ הָרֹעִים אֹותָם וְאֶת־צֹאנִי לֹא רָעוּ׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
חַי	chai-	H2416	HAamsa	(by) (the) life
אָ֜נִי	'A.ni	H589	HPp1cs	of me
נְאֻ֣ם	ne.'Um	H5002	HNcmsc	(the) utterance of
אֲדֹנָ֣/י	'a.do.Nai	H136	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	(the) Lord
יְהוִ֗ה	Yah.weh	H3069	HNp	Yahweh
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יַ֣עַן	Ya.'an	H3282	HC	because
הֱיֽוֹת	he.yot-	H1961	HVqc	has become
צֹאנִ֣/י	tzo.N/i	H6629	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	flock/ my
לָ/בַ֡ז	la./Vaz	H957	HR/Ncmsa	(into)/ prey
וַ/תִּֽהְיֶינָה֩	va./tih.yei.Nah	H1961	HC/Vqw3fp	and/ they have become
צֹאנִ֨/י	tzo.N/i	H6629	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	flock/ my
לְ/אָכְלָ֜ה	le./'okh.Lah	H402	HR/Ncfsa	(into)/ food
לְ/כָל	le./khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	for/ every
חַיַּ֤ת	chai.Yat	H2416	HNcfsc	(the) animal of
הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙	ha./sa.Deh	H7704	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ field
מֵ/אֵ֣ין	me./'Ein	H369	HR/Tn	from/ not
רֹעֶ֔ה	ro.'Eh	H7462	HVqrmsa	shepherd
וְ/לֹֽא	ve./lo'-	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
דָרְשׁ֥וּ	da.re.Shu	H1875	HVqp3cp	they have searched for
רֹעַ֖/י	ro.'A/i	H7462	HVqrmpc/Sp1cs	shepherds/ my
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
צֹאנִ֑/י	tzo.N/i	H6629	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	flock/ my
וַ/יִּרְע֤וּ	va/i.yir.'U	H7462	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they have shepherded
הָֽ/רֹעִים֙	ha./ro.'Im	H7462	HTd/Vqrmpa	the/ shepherds
אוֹתָ֔/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ themselves
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
צֹאנִ֖/י	tzo.N/i	H6629	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	flock/ my
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
רָעֽוּ	ra.'U	H7462	HVqp3cp	they have shepherded

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.
• H402 — אׇכְלָה (ʼoklâh, ok-law'): feminine of אֻכָל; food; consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
• H957 — בַּז (baz, baz): from בָּזַז; plunder; booty, prey, spoil(-ed).
• H1875 — דָּרַשׁ (dârash, daw-rash'): a primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship; ask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• 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.
• H5002 — נְאֻם (nᵉʼum, neh-oom'): from נָאַם; an oracle; (hath) said, saith.
• H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
• H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

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

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3282 — יַעַן (yaʻan, yah'-an): from an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause; because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.
• 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).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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