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And I will raise upוַהֲקִמֹתִיover themעֲלֵיהֶםa singleאֶחָדshepherd,רֹעֶהand he will feedוְרָעָהthem,אֶתְהֶןmy servantעַבְדִּיDavid;דָוִידheהוּאwill feedיִרְעֶהthem,אֹתָםand heוְהוּאwill beיִהְיֶהtheirלָהֶןshepherd.לְרֹעֶה
Ezekiel 34:23
Study it in the app“And I will raise up over them a single shepherd, and he will feed them, my servant David; he will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 34:23, word by word
- And I will raise upהֲקִמֹתִיhakimoti
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakimoti” appears- a singleאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- shepherdרֹעֶהroe
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- Davidדָוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears
Translation note
It can be compared with John 10:11-16, where Jesus says “I am the good shepherd” and speaks of “one shepherd.”
The context
22I will save my sheep, and they will no longer be booty, and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
23 · This verse (above)
24And I, YHWH, will be their Elohim, and my servant David a chief in their midst; I, YHWH, have spoken.