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Ezekiel 28:3

Hebrew
ESV
you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
NIV
Are you wiser than Daniel? Is no secret hidden from you?
NLT
You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you.
LXX
μὴ σοφώτερος εἶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
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greek

The definite article
Δανιηλ σοφοὶ οὐκ ἐπαίδευσάν σε τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἐπιστήμῃ αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός

greek

Meaning

* He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same

Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament.

Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
KJV
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

Ezekiel 28:2 ← Ezekiel 28:3 → Ezekiel 28:4

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