Ezekiel 32:3

“Thus says Adonai YHWH: I will spread over you my net with an assembly of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my net.”

Ezekiel 32:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 32:3, 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
I will spreadפָרַשְׂתִּיfarasti

spread out

To open out hands, wings or cloth.

Where else “farasti” appears
my netרִשְׁתִּrishti

net

A mesh for hunting, or a trap.

Where else “rishti” appears
with an assemblyקְהַלkehal

assembly

The people gathered before YHWH.

Where else “kehal” appears
of manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabim” appears
peoplesעַמִּיםamim

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “amim” appears
and they will haul you upהֶעֱלוּheelu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “heelu” appears
in my netחֶרְמִchermi

net

A mesh of knotted cords spread out to catch fish.

Where else “chermi” appears

The context

2“Son of man, raise a dirge over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, ‘A young lion of the nations you were compared to, and you are like the sea monster in the seas; and you burst forth in your rivers, and muddied the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.

3 · This verse (above)

4And I will leave you on the land, on the face of the field I will hurl you, and I will make all the birds of the heavens settle on you, and I will satisfy with you the animals of all the earth.

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