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ForכִּיthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהThe swordחֶרֶבof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלwill come upon you.תְּבוֹאֶךָ
Ezekiel 32:11
Study it in the app“For thus says Adonai YHWH: The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 32:11, 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- The swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- of the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- will come upon youתְּבוֹאֶtevoe
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tevoe” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
10And I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will bristle at you with horror when I brandish my sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, each for his own soul, on the day of your fall.
11 · This verse (above)
12By the swords of mighty men I will make your multitude fall, the fearsome ones of the nations, all of them; and they will devastate the pride of Egypt, and all her multitude will be exterminated.