Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side! Young's Literal Translation And thou, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded—the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them. King James Bible Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite [thine] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. Hebrew So then,וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you son בֶן־ (ḇen-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son of man, אָדָ֔ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being prophesy הִנָּבֵ֕א (hin·nā·ḇê) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration and strike וְהַ֖ךְ (wə·haḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5221: To strike your hands together. כַּ֣ף (kap̄) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan Let the sword חֶ֤רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword strike two times, וְתִכָּפֵ֞ל (wə·ṯik·kā·p̄êl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3717: To fold together, to repeat even three. שְׁלִישִׁ֙תָה֙ (šə·lî·ši·ṯāh) Number - ordinal feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) It הִ֗יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a sword חֶ֣רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword [that] slays, חֲלָלִ֔ים (ḥă·lā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted a sword חֶ֚רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword that slays חָלָ֣ל (ḥā·lāl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted the great— הַגָּד֔וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent it surrounds them! הַחֹדֶ֖רֶת (ha·ḥō·ḏe·reṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 2314: To inclose, to beset |