When I makeבְּתִתִּיthe landאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםa desolationשְׁמָמָהand the landוּ אֶרֶץis desolatedנְשַׁמָּהof its fullness,מִמְּלֹאָהּwhen I strikeבְּהַכּוֹתִיallכָּלwho liveיוֹשְׁבֵיin it,בָהּthey will knowוְיָדְעוּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH.יְהוָה
Ezekiel 32:15
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With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 32:15, word by word
- When I makeתִתִּtiti
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “titi” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- is desolatedנְשַׁמָּהneshama
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “neshama” appears- of its fullnessמְּלֹאָmeloa
fullness
Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.
Where else “meloa” appears- when I strikeהַכּוֹתִhakoti
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hakoti” appears- who liveיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- they will knowיָדְעוּyadu
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
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
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
14Then I will make their waters settle, and their rivers like oil I will make flow, declares Adonai YHWH.
15 · This verse (above)
16This is a dirge, and they will chant it as a dirge; the daughters of the nations will chant it; over Egypt and over all her multitude they will chant it, declares Adonai YHWH.’”