KJV: I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
YLT: To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapped up for slaughter.
Darby: In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.
ASV: I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
| לְמַ֣עַן ׀ | That |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: לְמַעַן Sense: purpose, intent prep. |
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| לָמ֣וּג | may melt |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: מוּג Sense: to melt, cause to melt. |
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| לֵ֗ב | the heart |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: לֵב Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding. |
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| וְהַרְבֵּה֙ | and many |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute Root: הַרְבָּה Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous. |
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| הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים | may stumble |
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Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: מִכְשֹׁול Sense: a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block. |
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| עַ֚ל | against |
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Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against. |
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| שַׁ֣עֲרֵיהֶ֔ם | their gates |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: שַׁעַר Sense: gate. |
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| נָתַ֖תִּי | I have set |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set. |
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| אִבְחַת־ | the point |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אִבְחָה Sense: slaughter, flesh, meat, slaughtered meat. |
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| חָ֑רֶב | of the sword |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: חֶרֶב Sense: sword, knife. |
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| ! אָ֛ח | Ah |
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Parse: Interjection Root: אָח Sense: ah!, alas!, woe!. |
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| עֲשׂוּיָ֥ה | [It] [is] made |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make. |
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| לְבָרָ֖ק | bright |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: בָּרָק Sense: lightning. |
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| מְעֻטָּ֥ה | [It] [is] grasped |
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Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: עָטָה Sense: wrapped, grasped. |
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| לְטָֽבַח | for slaughter |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: טֶבַח Sense: a son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah. |
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