And I will leaveוְהוֹתַרְתִּיof themמֵהֶםa fewמִסְפָּרmenאַנְשֵׁיfrom the sword,מֵחֶרֶבfrom famine,מֵרָעָבand from pestilence,וּמִדָּבֶרso thatלְמַעַןthey may recountיְסַפְּרוּallכָּלtheir abominationsתּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶםamong the nationsבַּגּוֹיִםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםthey go;בָּאוּand they will knowוְיָדְעוּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH.”יְהוָה
Ezekiel 12:16
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With the Hebrew beneath
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,