Ezekiel 28:3

“look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;”

Ezekiel 28:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 28:3, word by word

are wiserחָכָםchacham

wise

Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.

Where else “chacham” appears
than Danielדָּנִיֵּאלdaniyel

Daniel

Daniel: the name of several Israelites; the best known is the prophet Daniel. Also the second son of David (1 Chronicles 3:1, called Chileab in 2 Samuel 3:3) and a priest of Ezra's time. The name means "God is my judge."

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secretסָתוּםsatum

keep secret

To keep something shut and out of sight, like a secret no one knows.

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is hidden from youעֲמָמוּamamu

dim, darken, hide

"Amam": to darken, to dim; in Lamentations 4:1, gold that loses its shine. In Ezekiel 28:3 and 31:8, to be hidden, to be unable to match someone.

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The context

2“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;

3 · This verse (above)

4by your wisdom and by your understanding you have made for yourself wealth, and you have made gold and silver in your treasuries;

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