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And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 12:17
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 12:17, word by word
- And the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
16And 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.”
17 · This verse (above)
18“Son of man, your bread with quaking you will eat, and your water with agitation and with anxiety you will drink.