Ezekiel 35:7

וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת־הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר לְשִֽׁמְמָ֖ה וּשְׁמָמָ֑ה וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עֹבֵ֥ר וָשָֽׁב׃

And I will make Mount Seʿir a desolation and a waste, and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.

Morphology

1. וְנָתַתִּי (ve-natatti) – Root: נתן (natan); Form: Conjunction וְ + Qal perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “and I will make” or “and I will give”; Notes: Here “to give” means to appoint or render a condition—YHWH will cause Mount Seʿir to become desolate.
2. אֶת (ʾet) – Root: את (ʾet); Form: Direct object marker; Translation: [no direct translation]; Notes: Marks הַר שֵׂעִיר as the object of the verb.
3. הַר שֵׂעִיר (har Seʿir) – Root: הר (har); Form: Noun masculine singular construct + proper noun; Translation: “Mount Seʿir”; Notes: Geographical reference to Edom’s mountain region—symbolic of the nation itself.
4. לְשִׁמְמָה (le-shimmah) – Root: שׁמם (shamam); Form: Preposition לְ + noun feminine singular; Translation: “for desolation”; Notes: Indicates purpose or result—Mount Seʿir is to become utterly uninhabitable.
5. וּשְׁמָמָה (u-shemamah) – Root: שׁמם (shamam); Form: Conjunction וְ + noun feminine singular; Translation: “and a waste”; Notes: Repetition intensifies the completeness of the devastation—emphasizing total ruin.
6. וְהִכְרַתִּי (ve-hikhratti) – Root: כרת (karat); Form: Conjunction וְ + Hiphil perfect 1st person singular; Translation: “and I will cut off”; Notes: Causative stem (Hiphil) expresses YHWH’s decisive removal of all movement and life.
7. מִמֶּנּוּ (mimmennu) – Root: מן (min); Form: Preposition מִן + suffix 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “from it”; Notes: Refers back to Mount Seʿir—YHWH will remove every traveler from the land.
8. עֹבֵר (ʿover) – Root: עבר (ʿavar); Form: Qal participle masculine singular; Translation: “one passing through”; Notes: Represents travelers or inhabitants passing through the territory—now to be absent due to destruction.
9. וָשָׁב (va-shav) – Root: שׁוב (shuv); Form: Conjunction וְ (with qamats due to pause) + Qal participle masculine singular; Translation: “and one returning”; Notes: Formulaic phrase “one passing through and one returning” denotes complete depopulation—no movement or life remains.