Thereforeלָכֵןsay,אֱמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהI will gatherוְקִבַּצְתִּיyouאֶתְכֶםfromמִןthe peoples,הָעַמִּיםand assembleוְאָסַפְתִּיyouאֶתְכֶםfromמִןthe landsהָאֲרָצוֹתwhereאֲשֶׁר בָּהֶםyou have been dispersed,נְפֹצוֹתֶםand I will giveוְנָתַתִּיyouלָכֶםthe groundאַדְמַתof Israel.’יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 11:17
Study it in the app“Therefore say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, and I will give you the ground of Israel.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 11:17, word by word
- sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- I will gatherקִבַּצְתִּיkibatsti
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kibatsti” appears- the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- and assembleאָסַפְתִּיasafti
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “asafti” appears- the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appears- you have been dispersedנְפֹצוֹתֶםnefotsotem
scatter
To scatter people over many places, as a punishment.
Where else “nefotsotem” appears- and I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- the groundאַדְמַתadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- of Israel.’יִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
16Therefore say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Though I have removed them far among the nations, and though I have dispersed them among the lands, yet I have been to them a sanctuary for a little while in the lands where they have gone.’
17 · This verse (above)
18And they will come there, and remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.