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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהBecauseיַעַןMoabמוֹאָבand Seirוְשֵׂעִירsay,אֲמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהlike allכְּכָלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםis the houseבֵּיתof Judah,”יְהוּדָה
Ezekiel 25:8
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because Moab and Seir say, “Look, like all the nations is the house of Judah,””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 25:8, 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- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- and Seirשֵׂעִירseir
Seir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- is the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
7therefore, look, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will give you as plunder to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will exterminate you; and you will know that I am YHWH.
8 · This verse (above)
9therefore, look, I am opening the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from its cities, from its edge, the jewel of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,