Ezekiel 28:23

“And I will send into her pestilence and blood into her streets, and the slain will fall in her midst by the sword that is against her from all around; and they will know that I am YHWH.”

Ezekiel 28:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 28:23, word by word

And I will sendשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti

send

To send someone or something.

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pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

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and bloodדָםdam

bloodguilt

A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.

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into her streetsחוּצוֹתֶיchutsote

street

The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.

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and the slainחָלָלchalal

slain

Someone killed or wounded in war.

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will fallנִפְלַלniflal

fall in battle

To die in battle, killed by the enemy.

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in her midstתוֹכָtocha

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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by the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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from all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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and they will knowיָדְעוּyadu

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

22and say: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst; and they will know that I am YHWH, when I execute judgments in her and am shown holy in her.

23 · This verse (above)

24And there will not be anymore for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from all those around them who despise them; and they will know that I am Adonai YHWH.’

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