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Ezekiel 28:8

“They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שַׁחַתshachath · shakh'-ath
H7845 · Hebrew

Definition: a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
Derivation: from H7743 (שׁוּחַ);
KJV renderings: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
Grammar: לַ — preposition with definite article
שַּׁ֖חַת — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HRd/Ncfsa
Usage: Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 9:31 Job 17:14 Job 33:18 Job 33:22 Job 33:24

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שַׁחַת here.

Verse 7 Verse 9

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.