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Forכִּיnearקָרוֹבis the day,יוֹםand nearוְקָרוֹבis the dayיוֹםof YHWH;לַיהוָהa dayיוֹםof cloud,עָנָןa timeעֵתof the nationsגּוֹיִםit will be.יִהְיֶה
Ezekiel 30:3
Study it in the app“For near is the day, and near is the day of YHWH; a day of cloud, a time of the nations it will be.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 30:3, word by word
- nearקָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- is the dayיוֹםyom
day of YHWH
"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.
Where else “yom” appears- of YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- of cloudעָנָןanan
cloud
A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.
Where else “anan” appears- a timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- it will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears
The context
2“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Wail, “Ah, the day!”
3 · This verse (above)
4And a sword will come against Egypt, and there will be shuddering in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and they take away her multitude, and her foundations are torn down.