Ezekiel 34:12

“As 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.”

Ezekiel 34:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 34:12, word by word

a shepherdרֹעֶהroe

shepherd

One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.

Where else “roe” appears
looks afterבַקָּרַתvakarat

seeking out

Care, looking over a flock one by one.

Where else “vakarat” appears
his herdעֶדְרedr

herd, flock

Herd, flock, drove.

Where else “edr” appears
on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
he isהֱיוֹתheot

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “heot” appears
amongתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “toch” appears
his scatteredנִפְרָשׁוֹתnifrashot

scatter

Be spread about.

Where else “nifrashot” appears
sheepצֹאנtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tson” appears
I will look afterאֲבַקֵּרavaker

look after

To seek out and tend, as a shepherd his sheep.

Where else “avaker” appears
and I will deliverהִצַּלְתִּיhitsalti

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

Where else “hitsalti” appears
the placesמְּקוֹמֹתmekomot

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “mekomot” appears
they were scatteredנָפֹצוּnafotsu

be scattered

To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.

Where else “nafotsu” appears
of cloudעָנָןanan

cloud

A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.

Where else “anan” appears
and thick cloudעֲרָפֶלarafel

thick darkness

Thick, dark cloud; deep darkness.

Where else “arafel” appears

The context

11For thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I myself will seek my sheep and look after them.

12 · This verse (above)

13And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the lands, and bring them to their ground; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses and in all the inhabited places of the land.

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