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Ezekiel 21:21

For the king of Babylon stands at the crossroads [probably Damascus] at the head (beginning) of the two roads [the royal road via Jordan or Via Maris] and uses divination. He shakes the arrows back and forth, he consults the household gods, he divines in the liver [of sheep].
[Ancient texts from Mari (Tell Hariri) from around 2000 BC describe how a query is made to the gods as to which of three roads to take. Nebuchadnezzar uses three common occult methods of the time. The first is called belomansi (from the Greek word belos, meaning "arrow"), in which the Chaldeans wrote the names of the cities that were available as alternatives on arrows. The arrows were mixed in a cougar, and the first arrow shot showed them where to go. The second method was to ask household gods (Hebr. teraphim), which could be idols or images of ancestors, for advice through occult séances. Finally, he also used the method where fortune tellers examined the livers of sacrificed sheep (hepatoscopy). This method was so common that clay models of livers were created to teach young priests this art. One such model from Babylon, dated 1900–1600 BC, is in the British Museum in London.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

הִתְאַחֲדִי   הֵימִנִי   הָשִׂימִי   הַשְׂמִילִי   אָנָה   פָּנַיִךְ   מֻעָדוֹת  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

διαπορεύου ὀξύνου ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὗ ἂν τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐξεγείρηται

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H0258
 הִתְאַחֲדִ֥י (hiteachadi)
 to go either way
Verb Verb
♀ sing. second person feminine singular

Vtv2fs
H3231
 הֵימִ֖נִי (heimini)
 to go right
Verb Verb
hiphil ♀ sing. hiphil second person feminine singular

Vhv2fs
H7760a
 הָשִׂ֣ימִי (hasimi)
 to set
Verb Verb
hiphil ♀ sing. hiphil second person feminine singular

Vhv2fs
H8041
 הַשְׂמִ֑ילִי (hasemili)
 to go left
Verb Verb
hiphil ♀ sing. hiphil second person feminine singular

Vhv2fs
H0575
 אָ֖נָה (anah)
 where?
Ti
H6440
H9022
 פָּנַ֥יִ (panaji)
ךְ (khe)
 face
your
Noun Noun
♂ pl. gen. masculine plural Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. ♀ sing. Pronominal second person feminine singular

Ncmpc
Sp2fs
H3259
H9016
 מֻעָדֽוֹת (muadvót)
׃
to appoint
verseEnd
Verb Verb
hophal participle passive ♀ pl. hophal (huphal) participle passive feminine plural

VHsfpa

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