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As his payפְּעֻלָּתוֹfor whichאֲשֶׁרhe laboredעָבַדagainst herבָּהּI have given himנָתַתִּי לוֹthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםbecauseאֲשֶׁרthey did itעָשׂוּfor me,לִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִה
Ezekiel 29:20
Study it in the app“As 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:20, word by word
- As his payפְּעֻלָּתpeulat
wages
What one receives for working.
Where else “peulat” appears- he laboredעָבַדavad
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “avad” appears- I have given himנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” 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- they did itעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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
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
19Therefore 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.
20 · This verse (above)
21On that day I will make sprout a horn for the house of Israel, and to you I will give an opening of the mouth in their midst; and they will know that I am YHWH.”