Asכְּa shepherdרֹעֶהlooks afterבַקָּרַתhis herdעֶדְרוֹon the dayבְּיוֹםhe isהֱיוֹתוֹamongבְתוֹךְhis scatteredנִפְרָשׁוֹתsheep,צֹאנוֹsoכֵּןI will look afterאֲבַקֵּרmy sheep,צֹאנִיand I will deliverוְהִצַּלְתִּיthemאֶתְהֶםfrom allמִכָּלthe placesהַמְּקוֹמֹתwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםthey were scatteredנָפֹצוּon a dayבְּיוֹםof cloudעָנָןand thick cloud.וַעֲרָפֶל
Ezekiel 34:12
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.