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Will you indeed say,הֶאָמֹר תֹּאמַר“Iאָנִיam Elohim,”אֱלֹהִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe one who kills you?הֹרְגֶךָBut youוְאַתָּהare a human beingאָדָםand notוְלֹאEl,אֵלin the handבְּיַדof those who mortally wound you.מְחַלְלֶיךָ
Ezekiel 28:9
Study it in the app“Will you indeed say, “I am Elohim,” before the one who kills you? But you are a human being and not El, in the hand of those who mortally wound you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 28:9, word by word
- Will you indeed sayאָמֹרamor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amor” appears- am Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the one who kills youהֹרְגֶhorge
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “horge” appears- are a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- Elאֵלel
El, 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” appears- in the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of those who mortally wound youמְחַלְלֶיmechalle
pierce
Another word spelled the same: to wound fatally.
Where else “mechalle” appears
The context
8To the pit they will bring you down, and you will die the deaths of the mortally wounded in the heart of the seas.
9 · This verse (above)
10The deaths of the uncircumcised you will die by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken, declares Adonai YHWH.’”