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As I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהsurelyאִם לֹאwith a strongחֲזָקָהhandבְּיָדand with an outstretchedנְטוּיָהarmוּבִזְרוֹעַand with poured-outשְׁפוּכָהfuryוּבְחֵמָהI will be kingאֶמְלוֹךְover you.עֲלֵיכֶם
Ezekiel 20:33
Study it in the app“As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured-out fury I will be king over you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:33, word by word
- As I 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- with a strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- and with an outstretchedנְטוּיָהnetuya
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “netuya” appears- armזְרוֹעַzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- and with poured-outשְׁפוּכָהshefucha
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shefucha” appears- furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- I will be kingאֶמְלוֹךְemloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “emloch” appears
The context
32And what comes up into your spirit will never happen, that you are saying, “We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, serving wood and stone.”
33 · This verse (above)
34And I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands in which you were scattered, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured-out fury.