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Forכִּיit is a test;בֹחַןand whatוּמָהifאִםalsoגַּםthe scepterשֵׁבֶטthat despisesמֹאֶסֶתwill notלֹאbe?יִהְיֶהdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.’יְהוִה
Ezekiel 21:13
Study it in the app“For it is a test; and what if also the scepter that despises will not be? declares Adonai YHWH.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:13, word by word
- it is a testבֹחַןvochan
test, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “vochan” appears- the scepterשֵׁבֶטshevet
rod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appears- that despisesמֹאֶסֶתmoeset
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “moeset” appears- beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” 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- YHWH.’יְהוִהyehvi
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
Translation note
Very obscure Hebrew, as 21:10; it is translated word for word.
The context
12Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the chiefs of Israel. Thrown to the sword they are with my people; therefore strike your thigh.
13 · This verse (above)
14And you, son of man, prophesy, and strike palm against palm, and let it be doubled, the sword, a third time, a sword of the slain it is, the sword of the great slain one, that surrounds them,