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And the wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto me,אֵלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר
Ezekiel 21:8
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:8, word by word
- And the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
7And 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.’”
8 · This verse (above)
9“Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘Thus says Adonai: Say: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished.