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therefore,לָכֵןas I live,חַי אָנִיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהsurelyכִּיI will make youאֶעֶשְׂךָinto blood,לְדָםand bloodוְדָםwill pursue you;יִרְדֲּפֶךָsinceאִםyou did notלֹאhateשָׂנֵאתָblood,דָםbloodוְדָםwill pursue you.יִרְדֲּפֶךָ
Ezekiel 35:6
Study it in the app“therefore, as I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely I will make you into blood, and blood will pursue you; since you did not hate blood, blood will pursue you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 35:6, 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- I will make youאֶעֶשְׂees
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ees” appears- into bloodדָםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- will pursue youיִרְדֲּפֶyirdafe
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdafe” appears- hateשָׂנֵאתָsaneta
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “saneta” appears
Translation note
“Since you did not hate blood”: the Hebrew phrase is difficult; the sense is uncertain.
The context
5Because you had an eternal enmity and poured out the sons of Israel into the hands of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the iniquity of the end,
6 · This verse (above)
7And I will make Mount Seir a devastation and a desolation, and I will cut off from it the one who goes and the one who returns.