and theseוּ הָאֵלֶּהthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםwere in its midst,בְּתוֹכָהּas Iאָנִיlive,חַיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהthey would notלֹאdeliverיַצִּילוּsonsבָּנִיםor daughters,וּבָנוֹתbutכִּיtheyהֵםaloneלְבַדָּםwould be delivered.יִנָּצֵלוּ
Ezekiel 14:18
Study it in the app“and these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, they would not deliver sons or daughters, but they alone would be delivered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 14:18, 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- 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- deliverיַצִּילוּyatsilu
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yatsilu” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- or daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears- aloneבַדָּvada
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vada” appears
The context
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,
18 · This verse (above)
19Or if I send pestilence into that land and pour out my fury upon it with blood to cut off from it human being and beast,