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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהBecauseיַעַןthe Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםactedעֲשׂוֹתwith vengeanceבִּנְקָמָהand tookוַיִּנָּקְמוּvengeanceנָקָםwith contemptבִּשְׁאָטof soulבְּנֶפֶשׁto destroy,לְמַשְׁחִיתwith eternalעוֹלָםenmity,אֵיבַת
Ezekiel 25:15
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because the Philistines acted with vengeance and took vengeance with contempt of soul to destroy, with eternal enmity,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 25:15, 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- the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- actedעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- with vengeanceנְקָמָהnekama
vengeance
Vengeance: punishment given for a wrong received.
Where else “nekama” appears- and tookיִּנָּקְמוּyinakmu
avenge
Avenge: make someone pay for the wrong done; take vengeance.
Where else “yinakmu” appears- vengeanceנָקָםnakam
vengeance
Vengeance: the punishment that does justice for an offense.
Where else “nakam” appears- with contemptשְׁאָטsheat
contempt
Contempt, pushing another aside with disdain.
Where else “sheat” appears- of soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appears- to destroyמַשְׁחִיתmashchit
destruction
Total ruin, or a face marred by fear or misfortune.
Where else “mashchit” appears- with eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- enmityאֵיבַתevat
enmity
Enmity, hostility between two parties.
Where else “evat” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and make perish the remnant of the coast of the sea.