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ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיbringingמֵבִיאagainst youעָלַיִךְa sword,חָרֶבand I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיfrom youמִמֵּךְhuman beingאָדָםand livestock.וּבְהֵמָה
Ezekiel 29:8
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am bringing against you a sword, and I will cut off from you human being and livestock.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 29:8, 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- bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- a swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and livestockבְהֵמָהvehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehema” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And the land of Egypt will become a desolation and a ruin, and they will know that I am YHWH; because he said, “The Nile is mine, and I made it,”