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thereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיagainst you,עָלַיִךְTyre,צֹרand I will bring upוְהַעֲלֵיתִיagainst youעָלַיִךְmanyרַבִּיםnations,גּוֹיִםasכְּthe seaהַיָּםbrings upהַעֲלוֹתits waves.לְגַלָּיו
Ezekiel 26:3
Study it in the app“therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations, as the sea brings up its waves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 26:3, 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- Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- and I will bring upהַעֲלֵיתִיhaaleti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haaleti” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- its wavesגַלָּיgalay
wave
The rising swell of the sea.
Where else “galay” appears
Places in this verse
Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
2“Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha! Broken are the doors of the peoples; it has turned to me; I will be filled, she is ruined,’
3 · This verse (above)
4And they will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will scrape her dust from her and make her a bare rock.