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ForכִּיthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהBring upהַעֲלֵהagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםan assembly,קָהָלand give them overוְנָתֹן אֶתְהֶןto dreadלְזַעֲוָהand to plunder.וְלָבַז
Ezekiel 23:46
Study it in the app“For thus says Adonai YHWH: Bring up against them an assembly, and give them over to dread and to plunder.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:46, word by word
- 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- Bring upהַעֲלֵהhaale
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haale” appears- an assemblyקָהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- and give them overנָתֹןnaton
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “naton” appears- to dreadזַעֲוָהzaava
horror, object of terror
Something that makes those who see it tremble; also maltreatment.
Where else “zaava” appears- and to plunderבַזvaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” appears
The context
45But righteous men, they will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of women who shed blood; for adulteresses they are, and blood is on their hands.
46 · This verse (above)
47And the assembly will stone them with stones, and cut them down with their swords; their sons and their daughters they will kill, and their houses they will burn with fire.