Ezekiel 20:42

“And you will know that I am YHWH when I bring you into the soil of Israel, into the land that I raised my hand to give it to your fathers.”

Ezekiel 20:42 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 20:42, word by word

And you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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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.

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when I bringהֲבִיאִhavii

bring

To bring something or someone.

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into the soilאַדְמַתadmat

soil

Farmland, or dust.

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of 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.

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into the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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I raisedנָשָׂאתִיnasati

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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my handיָדִyadi

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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to giveתֵתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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The context

41As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations.

42 · This verse (above)

43And there you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you defiled yourselves, and you will feel disgust at yourselves for all your evils that you have done.

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