And I will bring backוְשַׁבְתִּיthe captivityשְׁבוּתof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand I will bring them backוַהֲשִׁבֹתִי אֹתָםto the landאֶרֶץof Pathros,פַּתְרוֹסto the landעַל אֶרֶץof their origin,מְכוּרָתָםand they will beוְהָיוּthereשָׁםa lowlyשְׁפָלָהkingdom.מַמְלָכָה
Ezekiel 29:14
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:14, word by word
- And I will bring backשַׁבְתִּיshavti
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “shavti” appears- the captivityשְׁבוּתshevut
captivity, fortunes
Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.
Where else “shevut” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Pathrosפַּתְרוֹסpatros
Pathros
Pathros: Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country.
Where else “patros” appears- of their originמְכוּרָתָmechurata
origin
Origin, where someone comes from.
Where else “mechurata” appears- and they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- a lowlyשְׁפָלָהshefala
humble
Modest in spirit.
Where else “shefala” appears- kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlacha
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlacha” 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
13For thus says Adonai YHWH: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
14 · This verse (above)
15Lowlier than the kingdoms it will be, and it will not exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will make them few so that they will not rule over the nations.