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And allוְ כָּלfleshבָּשָׂרwill knowיָדְעוּthatכִּיI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהhave drawnהוֹצֵאתִיmy swordחַרְבִּיfrom its sheath;מִתַּעְרָהּit will notלֹאreturnתָשׁוּבagain.’עוֹד
Ezekiel 21:5
Study it in the app“And all flesh will know that I, YHWH, have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:5, word by word
- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- will knowיָדְעוּyadu
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadu” appears- 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- have drawnהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears- my swordחַרְבִּcharbi
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charbi” appears- from its sheathתַּעְרָtara
sheath
The leather or metal case in which the sword is kept.
Where else “tara” appears- returnתָשׁוּבtashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuv” appears
The context
4Because I have cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh from the Negev to the north.
5 · This verse (above)
6And you, son of man, sigh, with breaking of loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.