Ezekiel 17:17

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וְלֹא֩and not

  velo'H3808 →5168 times

• בְחַ֨יִלwith an army

  vechayilH2428 →246 times

• גָּד֜וֹלlarge

  gadolH1419 →526 times

• וּבְקָהָ֣לand with a company

  uvekahalH6951 →123 times

• רָ֗בgreat

  ravH7227 →454 times

• יַעֲשֶׂ֨הhe will do with

  yaasehH6213 →2628 times

• אוֹת֤וֹ<obj.> him

  ʾotoH853 →10935 times

• פַרְעֹה֙Pharaoh

  farohH6547 →274 times

• בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔הin <the> battle

  bamilchamahH4421 →320 times

• בִּשְׁפֹּ֥ךְwhen pour out

  bishpokhH8210 →114 times

• סֹלְלָ֖הa mound

  solelahH5550 →11 times

• וּבִבְנ֣וֹתand when build

  uvivnotH1129 →376 times

• דָּיֵ֑קa siege-wall

  dayekH1785 →6 times

• לְהַכְרִ֖יתto cut off

  lehakhritH3772 →288 times

• נְפָשׁ֥וֹתlives

  nefashotH5315 →754 times

• רַבּֽוֹת׃many

  rabotH7227 →454 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Isaiah 36:6

  Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust…

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 29:6–7

    Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 18:21

    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust…

  • Isaiah 31:3

    But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish…

  • Isaiah 20:5–6

    Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

• Through

  Ezekiel 4:2

  Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 21:22

    In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the…

• Through

  Jeremiah 37:7

  “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you,…

  it leads to

  • Lamentations 4:17

    All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

• Through

  Jeremiah 37:5

  Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 17:15

    But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break…

  • Jeremiah 37:11

    When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,