And the prophet,וְהַנָּבִיאifכִיhe is enticedיְפֻתֶּהand speaksוְדִבֶּרa word,דָּבָרI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהhave enticedפִּתֵּיתִיthatאֵת הַהוּאprophet,הַנָּבִיאand I will stretch outוְנָטִיתִיmy handאֶת יָדִיagainst himעָלָיוand destroy himוְהִשְׁמַדְתִּיוfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof my peopleעַמִּיIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 14:9
Study it in the app“And the prophet, if he is enticed and speaks a word, I, YHWH, have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 14:9, word by word
- And the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- he is enticedיְפֻתֶּהyefute
entice
To win someone over by trickery.
Where else “yefute” appears- and speaksדִבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” 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- and I will stretch outנָטִיתִיnatiti
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- and destroy himהִשְׁמַדְתִּיhishmadti
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmadti” appears- from the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says it without softening; compare 1 Kings 22:19-23.
The context
8And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him a sign and proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you will know that I am YHWH.
9 · This verse (above)
10And they will bear their iniquity; like the iniquity of the one who consults will be the iniquity of the prophet,