| 17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ezekiel 14:17:1 ⧉א֛וֹoor Ezekiel 14:17:2 ⧉חֶ֥רֶבkhereva sword Ezekiel 14:17:3 ⧉אָבִ֖יאaviI bring Ezekiel 14:17:4 ⧉עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץalhaaretsupon the land Ezekiel 14:17:5 ⧉הַהִ֑יאhahithat Ezekiel 14:17:6 ⧉וְאָמַרְתִּ֗יveamartiand I say Ezekiel 14:17:7 ⧉חֶ֚רֶבkhereva sword Ezekiel 14:17:8 ⧉תַּעֲבֹ֣רtaavorlet it pass through Ezekiel 14:17:9 ⧉בָּאָ֔רֶץbaaretsin the land Ezekiel 14:17:10 ⧉וְהִכְרַתִּ֥יvehikhrattiand I cut off Ezekiel 14:17:11 ⧉מִמֶּ֖נָּהmimmenafrom it Ezekiel 14:17:12 ⧉אָדָ֥םadamman or human Ezekiel 14:17:13 ⧉וּבְהֵמָֽה׃uvehemaand beast |
| 17. Formal Translation Or if I {Yahweh, Executor of Judgment} bring a sword upon that land and say, “Sword, pass through the land,” and I cut off from it both human and beast. |
| 17. Dynamic Translation Or if I {Yahweh, Sovereign Arbiter} bring a sword against that country and declare, “Let the sword sweep across the land,” so that I destroy both people and livestock. |