ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהWhen I make youבְּתִתִּי אֹתָךְa ruinedנֶחֱרֶבֶתcity,עִירlike the citiesכֶּעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרare notלֹאinhabited,נוֹשָׁבוּwhen I bring upבְּהַעֲלוֹתover youעָלַיִךְthe deepאֶת תְּהוֹםand the many watersהַמַּיִם הָרַבִּיםcover you,וְכִסּוּךְ
Ezekiel 26:19
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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".
Where else “yehvi” appears- 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.
Where else “necherevet” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- inhabitedנוֹשָׁבוּnoshavu
be inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “noshavu” appears- when I bring upהַעֲלוֹתhaalot
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haalot” appears- 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.
Where else “tehom” appears- and the many watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and the many watersרַבִּיםrabim
much
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “rabim” appears- cover youכִסּוּchisu
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chisu” appears
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.