Ezekiel 12:16

“And I will leave of them a few men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, so that they may recount all their abominations among the nations where they go; and they will know that I am YHWH.””

Ezekiel 12:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 12:16, word by word

And I will leaveהוֹתַרְתִּיhotarti

spare

To spare someone's life, or make plentiful.

Where else “hotarti” appears
a fewמִסְפָּרmispar

number

The amount that results from counting: how many there are.

Where else “mispar” appears
menאַנְשֵׁיanshe

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “anshe” appears
from the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

Where else “cherev” appears
from famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

Where else “raav” appears
and from pestilenceדָּבֶרdaver

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

Where else “daver” appears
they may recountיְסַפְּרוּyesapru

recount

To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.

Where else “yesapru” appears
their abominationsתּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיtoavote

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

Where else “toavote” appears
among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
they goבָּאוּbau

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “bau” appears
and they will knowיָדְעוּyadu

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

Where else “yadu” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

The context

15And they will know that I am YHWH, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them in the lands.

16 · This verse (above)

17And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,

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