Ezekiel 26:19

“For thus says Adonai YHWH: When I make you a ruined city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up over you the deep and the many waters cover you,”

Ezekiel 26:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 26:19, 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".

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When I make youתִתִּtiti

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

Where else “titi” appears
a ruinedנֶחֱרֶבֶתnecherevet

lie in ruins

To be left in ruins.

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cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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inhabitedנוֹשָׁבוּnoshavu

be inhabited

For a land to be inhabited.

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when I bring upהַעֲלוֹתhaalot

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

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the deepתְּהוֹםtehom

the deep

The deep waters: the deep sea, the ocean, and the waters under the earth. In the Hebrew Bible it is not a place of punishment or the place of the dead.

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and the many watersמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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and the many watersרַבִּיםrabim

much

In great quantity, more than expected.

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cover youכִסּוּchisu

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

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The context

18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall, and the coastlands that are in the sea are dismayed at your departure.’

19 · This verse (above)

20then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the land of the depths, like the ruins of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; and I will set a jewel in the land of the living.

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