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And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 20:2
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:2, 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
1And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, that men of the elders of Israel came to consult YHWH, and they sat before me.
2 · This verse (above)
3“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Is it to consult me that you come? As I live, I will surely not let myself be consulted by you, declares Adonai YHWH.’