Study it in the app“Speak and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea monster lying in the midst of his channels, who has said, “Mine is my Nile, and I made it for myself.””
Speakדַּבֵּרand say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיagainst you,עָלֶיךָPharaoh,פַּרְעֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםthe greatהַגָּדוֹלsea monsterהַתַּנִּיםlyingהָרֹבֵץin the midstבְּתוֹךְof his channels,יְאֹרָיוwhoאֲשֶׁרhas said,אָמַר“Mineלִיis my Nile,יְאֹרִיand Iוַאֲנִיmade it for myself.”עֲשִׂיתִנִי
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsAdonai, 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” appearsYHWH (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” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearssea monster
A huge beast of the sea.
Where else “tanim” appearslie down, crouch
Lie down, crouch, like an animal at rest or lying in wait.
Where else “rovets” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsNile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeoray” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asiti” appears“Sea monster”: it can be understood as the Nile crocodile; the text applies it to Pharaoh.
1Egypt
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).
2Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3 · This verse (above)
4And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your channels stick to your scales; and I will bring you up from the midst of your channels, and all the fish of your channels will stick to your scales.
