Ezekiel 23:22

“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:”

Ezekiel 23:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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