ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיbringingמֵבִיאagainst Tyreאֶל צֹרNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלfrom the north,מִצָּפוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof kings,מְלָכִיםwith horsesבְּסוּסand with chariotsוּבְרֶכֶבand with horsemen,וּבְפָרָשִׁיםand an assemblyוְקָהָלand a numerousרָבpeople.וְעַם
Ezekiel 26:7
Study it in the app“For thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am bringing against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the north, king of kings, with horses and with chariots and with horsemen, and an assembly and a numerous people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 26:7, 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- bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- against Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרnevuchadretsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- from the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- with horsesסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- and with chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- and with horsemenפָרָשִׁיםfarashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “farashim” appears- and an assemblyקָהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- and a numerousרָבrav
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appears- peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
Places in this verse
1Tyre
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).
2Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
6And her daughters who are in the field will be killed by the sword; and they will know that I am YHWH.
7 · This verse (above)
8Your daughters in the field he will kill by the sword; and he will set against you a siege tower, and heap up against you a siege ramp, and raise against you a large shield.