ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהֹוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיagainst Pharaohאֶל פַּרְעֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand I will breakוְשָׁבַרְתִּיhis arms,זְרֹעֹתָיוthe strongהַחֲזָקָהand the broken,וְ הַנִּשְׁבָּרֶתand I will makeוְהִפַּלְתִּיthe swordהַחֶרֶבfallהִפַּלְתִּיfrom his hand.מִיָּדוֹ
Ezekiel 30:22
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong and the broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 30:22, 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- YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi
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 “yehovi” appears- against Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and I will breakשָׁבַרְתִּיshavarti
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shavarti” appears- his armsזְרֹעֹתָיzerootay
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zerootay” appears- the strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- and I will makeהִפַּלְתִּיhipalti
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “hipalti” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- from his handיָּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” 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
21“Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt I have broken; and look, it has not been bound up to give it remedies, to put a bandage to bind it up, to strengthen it to grasp the sword.
22 · This verse (above)
23And I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them through the lands.