Ezekiel 14:16

“even if these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, neither sons nor daughters would they deliver; they alone would be delivered, and the land would be a desolation.”

Ezekiel 14:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 14:16, word by word

threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “sheloshet” appears
menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

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

Where else “anashim” appears
were in its midstתוֹכָtocha

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “tocha” appears
as I liveחַיchay

alive

Having life, not dead.

Where else “chay” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” 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
sonsבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banim” appears
daughtersבָּנוֹתbanot

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “banot” appears
would they deliverיַצִּילוּyatsilu

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

Where else “yatsilu” appears
aloneבַדָּvada

alone

One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.

Where else “vada” appears
and the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
would beתִּהְיֶהtihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tihye” appears
a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

Where else “shemama” appears

The context

15If I made a ferocious animal pass through the land, and it left it childless, and it became a desolation without anyone passing through because of the animal,

16 · This verse (above)

17Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, ‘Sword, pass through the land,’ and cut off from it human being and beast,

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