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And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 17:11
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:11, 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
10And look, it is planted; will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind touches it? On the beds of its sprouting it will wither.’”
11 · This verse (above)
12“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its princes, and brought them to himself in Babylon.