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ForכִּיthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהAt the endמִקֵּץof fortyאַרְבָּעִיםyearsשָׁנָהI will gatherאֲקַבֵּץEgyptמִצְרַיִםfrom the peoplesמִן הָעַמִּיםamong whomאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהthey were scattered.נָפֹצוּ
Ezekiel 29:13
Study it in the app“For thus says Adonai YHWH: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples among whom they were scattered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:13, 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- At the endקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- of fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- I will gatherאֲקַבֵּץakabets
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “akabets” appears- Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- from the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- they were scatteredנָפֹצוּnafotsu
be scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “nafotsu” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
12And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated lands, and her cities, in the midst of ruined cities, will be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them through the lands.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and I will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and they will be there a lowly kingdom.