ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיgivingנֹתֵןto Nebuchadnezzarלִנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםand he will carry offוְנָשָׂאher multitudeהֲמֹנָהּand takeוְשָׁלַלher spoilשְׁלָלָהּand plunderוּבָזַזher booty,בִּזָּהּand it will beוְהָיְתָהthe wageשָׂכָרfor his army.לְחֵילוֹ
Ezekiel 29:19
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:19, 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- givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- 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.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and he will carry offנָשָׂאnasa
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nasa” appears- her multitudeהֲמֹנָhamona
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamona” appears- and takeשָׁלַלshalal
plunder
To strip the defeated of their goods.
Where else “shalal” appears- her spoilשְׁלָלָshelala
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelala” appears- and plunderבָזַזvazaz
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “vazaz” appears- her bootyבִּזָּbiza
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “biza” appears- and it will beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- the wageשָׂכָרsachar
wages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sachar” appears- for his armyחֵילchel
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appears
Places in this verse
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).
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).
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.