Ezekiel 33:27

“Thus you will say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: As I live, surely those who are in the ruins by the sword will fall, and whoever is on the face of the field, to the animals I have given him to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves by pestilence will die.”

Ezekiel 33:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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you will sayתֹאמַרtomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “tomar” 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
As I liveחַיchay

alive

Having life, not dead.

Where else “chay” appears
are in the ruinsחֳרָבוֹתchoravot

ruin, desolate place

A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.

Where else “choravot” appears
by the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

Where else “cherev” appears
will fallיִפֹּלוּyipolu

fall in battle

To die in battle, killed by the enemy.

Where else “yipolu” appears
is on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “pene” appears
of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

Where else “sade” appears
I have given himנְתַתִּיnetati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “netati” appears
to be devouredאָכְלachl

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “achl” appears
are in the strongholdsמְּצָדוֹתmetsadot

stronghold

A safe, fortified refuge; David calls God this.

Where else “metsadot” appears
and in the cavesמְּעָרוֹתmearot

cave

Cave.

Where else “mearot” appears
by pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

Where else “dever” appears
will dieיָמוּתוּyamutu

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “yamutu” appears

The context

26You have stood on your sword, you have committed abomination, and each has defiled the wife of his neighbor; and will you possess the land?’

27 · This verse (above)

28And I will make the land a desolation and a horror, and the pride of her strength will cease, and the mountains of Israel will be desolate, with no one passing through.

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