Therefore,לָכֵןOholibah,אָהֳלִיבָהthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיstirring upמֵעִירyour loversאֶת מְאַהֲבַיִךְagainst you,עָלַיִךְthoseאֵתfrom whomאֲשֶׁר מֵהֶםyour soulנַפְשֵׁךְfelt aversion,נָקְעָהand I will bring themוַהֲבֵאתִיםagainst youעָלַיִךְfrom all around:מִסָּבִיב
Ezekiel 23:22
Study it in the app“Therefore, Oholibah, thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am stirring up your lovers against you, those from whom your soul felt aversion, and I will bring them against you from all around:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:22, word by word
- Oholibahאָהֳלִיבָהaholiva
Oholibah
Oholibah: a name meaning "my tent is in her"; a symbolic name for Jerusalem in Ezekiel 23.
Where else “aholiva” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
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- stirring upמֵעִירmeir
stir up
To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.
Where else “meir” appears- your loversמְאַהֲבַיִmeahavayi
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahavayi” appears- your soulנַפְשֵׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears- felt aversionנָקְעָהnaka
be disgusted
To feel aversion, to turn away in disgust.
Where else “naka” appears- and I will bring themהֲבֵאתִיhaveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haveti” appears- from all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
21And you missed the infamy of your youth, when those from Egypt squeezed your bosoms for the sake of the breasts of your youth.
22 · This verse (above)
23the sons of Babylon and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the sons of Assyria with them, desirable young men, governors and prefects all of them, officers and renowned men, riding horses, all of them.