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And allוְ כָּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwill knowיָדְעוּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהbecauseיַעַןthey have beenהֱיוֹתָםa staffמִשְׁעֶנֶתof reedקָנֶהto the houseלְבֵיתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 29:6
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:6, word by word
- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- will knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- they have beenהֱיוֹתָheota
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heota” appears- a staffמִשְׁעֶנֶתmishenet
staff
A stick one carries in the hand to lean on while walking.
Where else “mishenet” appears- of reedקָנֶהkane
reed
A tall hollow marsh plant; or a fragrant one.
Where else “kane” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” 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
5And I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your channels; on the face of the field you will fall; you will not be gathered nor be collected; to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the heavens I have given you as food.
6 · This verse (above)
7When they grasped you by the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you were broken, and you made all their loins stagger.