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ForכִּיthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, Iהִנְנִיmyselfאָנִיwill seekוְדָרַשְׁתִּיmy sheepצֹאנִיand look after them.וּבִקַּרְתִּים
Ezekiel 34:11
Study it in the app“For thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I myself will seek my sheep and look after them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 34:11, 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- will seekדָרַשְׁתִּיdarashti
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “darashti” appears- my sheepצֹאנִtsoni
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tsoni” appears- and look after themבִקַּרְתִּיvikarti
look after
To seek out and tend, as a shepherd his sheep.
Where else “vikarti” appears
The context
10Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep from their hand, and I will make them cease from feeding the flock, and the shepherds will no longer feed themselves; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, and they will not be food for them.
11 · This verse (above)
12As a shepherd looks after his herd on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so I will look after my sheep, and I will deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of cloud and thick cloud.