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And you,וְאַתֵּנָהmy sheep,צֹאנִיthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיjudgingשֹׁפֵטbetween sheepבֵּין שֶׂהand sheep,לָשֶׂהbetween the ramsלָאֵילִיםand the male goats.וְלָעַתּוּדִים
Ezekiel 34:17
Study it in the app“And you, my sheep, thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am judging between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the male goats.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 34:17, word by word
- my sheepצֹאנִtsoni
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tsoni” appears- 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- judgingשֹׁפֵטshofet
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofet” appears- between sheepשֶׂהse
lamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
Where else “se” appears- between the ramsאֵילִיםelim
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “elim” appears- and the male goatsעַתּוּדִיםatudim
male goat
The male of the goat, offered in sacrifice.
Where else “atudim” appears
The context
16The lost I will seek, and the strayed I will bring back, and the broken I will bind up, and the sick I will strengthen; but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them with judgment.
17 · This verse (above)
18Is it too little for you that you graze on the good pasture and trample with your feet the rest of your pastures? And that you drink the settled water and muddy with your feet what is left?