even if theseהָאֵלֶּהthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםwere in its midst,בְּתוֹכָהּas I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהneitherאִםsonsבָּנִיםnorוְאִםdaughtersבָּנוֹתwould they deliver;יַצִּילוּtheyהֵמָּהaloneלְבַדָּםwould be delivered,יִנָּצֵלוּand the landוְהָאָרֶץwould beתִּהְיֶהa desolation.שְׁמָמָה
Ezekiel 14:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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,