Ezekiel 34:8

“As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely, because my sheep have become booty and my sheep have become food for every animal of the field for lack of a shepherd, and my shepherds have not sought my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and my sheep they have not fed,”

Ezekiel 34:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 34:8, word by word

As I liveחַיchay

alive

Having life, not dead.

Where else “chay” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” 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
my sheepצֹאנִtsoni

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tsoni” appears
have becomeהֱיוֹתheot

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “heot” appears
bootyבַזvaz

plunder, booty

Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.

Where else “vaz” appears
foodאָכְלָהachla

fuel

What fire or wild beasts eat up.

Where else “achla” appears
of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

Where else “sade” appears
a shepherdרֹעֶהroe

shepherd

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

Where else “roe” appears
soughtדָרְשׁוּdarshu

seek

To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.

Where else “darshu” appears

The context

7Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of YHWH:

8 · This verse (above)

9therefore, shepherds, hear the word of YHWH:

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