“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםspeakדַּבֵּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof your people,עַמְּךָand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘A land,אֶרֶץwhenכִּיI bringאָבִיאa swordחָרֶבupon it,עָלֶיהָand the peopleוְ עַם הָof the landאָרֶץtakeלָקְחוּoneאֶחָדmanאִישׁfrom among their bordersמִקְצֵיהֶםand setוְנָתְנוּhimאֹתוֹas a watchmanלְצֹפֶהfor themselves,לָהֶם
Ezekiel 33:2
Study it in the app““Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and say to them, ‘A land, when I bring a sword upon it, and the people of the land take one man from among their borders and set him as a watchman for themselves,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 33:2, word by word
- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- of your peopleעַמְּam
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “am” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- ‘A landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- I bringאָבִיאavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “avi” appears- a swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- takeלָקְחוּlakchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakchu” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- from among their bordersקְצֵיketse
every one
Used to say 'all, leaving no one out'.
Where else “ketse” appears- and setנָתְנוּnatnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natnu” appears- as a watchmanצֹפֶהtsofe
watchman
One who stands guard on the wall.
Where else “tsofe” appears
The context
1And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3and he sees the sword coming upon the land, and blows the horn and warns the people,