Ezekiel 29:19

“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am giving to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the land of Egypt; and he will carry off her multitude and take her spoil and plunder her booty, and it will be the wage for his army.”

Ezekiel 29:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 29:19, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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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".

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givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרnevuchadretsar

Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.

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kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel

Babel, Babylon

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the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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and he will carry offנָשָׂאnasa

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

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her multitudeהֲמֹנָhamona

multitude

Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.

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and takeשָׁלַלshalal

plunder

To strip the defeated of their goods.

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her spoilשְׁלָלָshelala

spoil, plunder

Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.

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and plunderבָזַזvazaz

plunder

Plunder, take spoil.

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her bootyבִּזָּbiza

plunder, booty

Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.

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and it will beהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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the wageשָׂכָרsachar

wages

What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.

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for his armyחֵילchel

army

A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemMediterranean SeaBabylonEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Babylon

    Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq

    A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.

    In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).

    Genesis 11:92 Kings 25:1Psalms 137:1Daniel 1:1

  • 2Egypt

    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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army perform a great labor against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; and there was no wage for him or for his army from Tyre for the labor that he labored against her.

19 · This verse (above)

20As his pay for which he labored against her I have given him the land of Egypt, because they did it for me, declares Adonai YHWH.

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