Ezekiel 35:3

“and say to it, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a horror.”

Ezekiel 35:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 35:3, word by word

and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amarta” 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
Mountהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “har” appears
Seirשֵׂעִירseir

Seir

Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.

Where else “seir” appears
and I will stretch outנָטִיתִיnatiti

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

Where else “natiti” appears
my handיָדִyadi

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

Where else “yadi” appears
and I will make youנְתַתִּיnetati

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama

desolation

Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.

Where else “shemama” appears
and a horrorמְשַׁמָּהmeshama

horror

The dismay a ruin causes.

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The context

2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

3 · This verse (above)

4Your cities I will make a ruin, and you will become a desolation, and you will know that I am YHWH.

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