As I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהsurely,אִם לֹאbecauseיַעַןmy sheepצֹאנִיhave becomeהֱיוֹתbootyלָבַזand my sheepוַ צֹאנִיhave becomeתִּהְיֶינָהfoodלְאָכְלָהfor everyלְכָלanimalחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהfor lack ofמֵאֵיןa shepherd,רֹעֶהand my shepherdsוְ רֹעַיhave notלֹאsoughtדָרְשׁוּmy sheep,צֹאנִיbut the shepherdsוַ הָרֹעִיםhave fedיִּרְעוּthemselves,אוֹתָםand my sheepוְ צֹאנִיthey have notלֹאfed,רָעוּ
Ezekiel 34:8
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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: