Study it in the app“and say to the sons of Ammon: ‘Hear the word of Adonai YHWH! Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you said, “Aha!” over my sanctuary because it was profaned, and over the ground of Israel because it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah because they went into exile,”
and sayוְאָמַרְתָּto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Ammon:עַמּוֹן‘Hearשִׁמְעוּthe wordדְּבַרof AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH!יְהוִהThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהBecauseיַעַןyou said,אָמְרֵךְ“Aha!”הֶאָחover my sanctuaryאֶל מִקְדָּשִׁיbecauseכִיit was profaned,נִחָלand over the groundוְאֶל אַדְמַתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbecauseכִּיit was made desolate,נָשַׁמָּהand over the houseוְאֶל בֵּיתof Judahיְהוּדָהbecauseכִּיthey wentהָלְכוּinto exile,בַּגּוֹלָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsAdonai, 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” appearsYHWH (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” appearsaha
Aha: a cry of joy or of mockery.
Where else “heach” appearssanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” appearsprofane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “nichal” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbe desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “nashama” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appearsexile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appearsAmmon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2“Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them,
3 · This verse (above)
4therefore, look, I am giving you to the sons of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments in you and place their dwellings in you; they will eat your fruit, and they will drink your milk.
