Study it in the app““Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because your heart is lifted up and you have said, “I am El; in the seat of Elohim I sit in the heart of the seas,” yet you are a human being and not El, and you have set your heart like the heart of Elohim;”
“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםsayאֱמֹרto the leaderלִנְגִידof Tyre:צֹר‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהֹוִהBecauseיַעַןyour heartלִבְּךָis lifted upגָּבַהּand you have said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Iאָנִיam El;אֵלin the seatמוֹשַׁבof ElohimאֱלֹהִיםI sitיָשַׁבְתִּיin the heartבְּלֵבof the seas,”יַמִּיםyet youוְאַתָּהare a human beingאָדָםand notוְלֹאEl,אֵלand you have setוַתִּתֵּןyour heartלִבְּךָlike the heartכְּלֵבof Elohim;אֱלֹהִים
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appearsleader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “negid” appearsTyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appearsAdonai, 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” appearsYHWH (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 “yehovi” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appearsbe proud
To be filled with pride and think oneself above God and others.
Where else “gavah” appearsEl, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appearsseat
Where one sits, or those sitting.
Where else “moshav” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashavti” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “titen” appearsTyre
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).
1And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
