And it will be,וְהָיָהwhenכִּיthey sayיֹאמְרוּto you,אֵלֶיךָ‘Whyעַל מָהare youאַתָּהsighing?’נֶאֱנָחyou will say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘Because of the news,אֶל שְׁמוּעָהforכִיit is coming;בָאָהand everyכָּלheartלֵבwill melt,וְנָמֵסand allכָלhandsיָדַיִםwill go limp,וְרָפוּand everyכָלspiritרוּחַwill grow faint,וְכִהֲתָהand allוְכָלkneesבִּרְכַּיִםwill runתֵּלַכְנָהwith water.מַּיִםLook,הִנֵּהit is coming,בָאָהand it will happen,וְנִהְיָתָהdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.’”יְהוִה
Ezekiel 21:7
Study it in the app“And it will be, when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ you will say, ‘Because of the news, for it is coming; and every heart will melt, and all hands will go limp, and every spirit will grow faint, and all knees will run with water. Look, it is coming, and it will happen, declares Adonai YHWH.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:7, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- they sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- sighing?’נֶאֱנָחneenach
groan
Groan, sigh with pain.
Where else “neenach” appears- ‘Because of the newsשְׁמוּעָהshemua
report, news
Report, news: what one hears said.
Where else “shemua” appears- it is comingבָאָהvaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vaa” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- will meltנָמֵסnames
lose heart
To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.
Where else “names” appears- handsיָדַיִםyadayim
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadayim” appears- will go limpרָפוּrafu
go limp
To grow feeble, be discouraged.
Where else “rafu” appears- spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- will grow faintכִהֲתָהchihata
grow dim
To fade: sight, courage or a flame.
Where else “chihata” appears- kneesבִּרְכַּיִםbirkayim
knee
Knee.
Where else “birkayim” appears- will runתֵּלַכְנָהtelachna
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telachna” appears- with waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” 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
“Will run [with] water”: literally “will go water”; the same expression is in 7:17.
The context
6And you, son of man, sigh, with breaking of loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,