Say,אֱמֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהֹוִהWill it prosper?תִּצְלָחWill he notהֲלוֹאtear outיְנַתֵּקits rootsאֶת שָׁרָשֶׁיהָand strip offוְ יְקוֹסֵסits fruit,אֶת פִּרְיָהּso that it withers?וְיָבֵשׁAllכָּלthe leavesטַרְפֵּיof its sproutingצִמְחָהּwill wither;תִּיבָשׁand notוְלֹאwith a greatבִ גְּדוֹלָהarmזְרֹעַnor with manyוּבְ רָבpeopleעַםwill it take to pullלְמַשְׂאוֹתitאוֹתָהּup from its roots.מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ
Ezekiel 17:9
Study it in the app“Say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Will it prosper? Will he not tear out its roots and strip off its fruit, so that it withers? All the leaves of its sprouting will wither; and not with a great arm nor with many people will it take to pull it up from its roots.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 17:9, word by word
- Sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” 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- YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi
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 “yehovi” appears- Will it prosperתִּצְלָחtitslach
prosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “titslach” appears- tear outיְנַתֵּקyenatek
tear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “yenatek” appears- its rootsשָׁרָשֶׁיsharashe
root
The part of a plant under the ground that holds it up and feeds it.
Where else “sharashe” appears- and strip offיְקוֹסֵסyekoses
strip off
To cut off, strip.
Where else “yekoses” appears- its fruitפִּרְיָpirya
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “pirya” appears- so that it withersיָבֵשׁyavesh
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavesh” appears- the leavesטַרְפֵּיtarpe
leaf
A tender leaf of a growing plant.
Where else “tarpe” appears- of its sproutingצִמְחָtsimach
growth, sprout
What springs from the ground: plants, vegetation; a shoot.
Where else “tsimach” appears- with a greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- armזְרֹעַzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- nor with manyרָבrav
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appears- peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- will it take to pullמַשְׂאוֹתmasot
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “masot” appears
The context
8In a good field, beside many waters, it was planted, to produce branches and to bear fruit, to become a glorious vine.’
9 · This verse (above)
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.’”