thereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהI will stretch outוְנָטִתִיmy handיָדִיagainst Edomעַל אֱדוֹםand cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיfrom itמִמֶּנָּהhuman beingאָדָםand beast,וּבְהֵמָהand I will make itוּנְתַתִּיהָa ruin;חָרְבָּהfrom Temanמִתֵּימָןandוּto Dedanדְדָנֶהthey will fallיִפֹּלוּby the sword.בַּחֶרֶב
Ezekiel 25:13
Study it in the app“therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it human being and beast, and I will make it a ruin; from Teman and to Dedan they will fall by the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 25:13, 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- I will stretch outנָטִתִיnatiti
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “natiti” appears- my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- against Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- and cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and beastבְהֵמָהvehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehema” appears- and I will make itנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- a ruinחָרְבָּהcharba
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “charba” appears- from Temanתֵּימָןteman
Teman
Teman, a grandson of Esau; later a region of Edom. It means "the south".
Where else “teman” appears- to Dedanדְדָנֶdedane
Dedan
Dedan, the name of men and of a people of Arabia.
Where else “dedane” appears- they will fallיִפֹּלוּyipolu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yipolu” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
12Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because Edom acted by taking vengeance on the house of Judah, and they became very guilty and took vengeance on them,
13 · This verse (above)
14And I will put my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will act in Edom according to my anger and according to my fury; and they will know my vengeance, declares Adonai YHWH.