And I will makeוְהוֹלַכְתִּיhuman beings,אָדָםmy peopleעַמִּיIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלwalkהוֹלַכְתִּיon you,עֲלֵיכֶםand they will possess you,וִירֵשׁוּךָand you will beוְהָיִיתָtheirלָהֶםinheritance,לְנַחֲלָהand you will notוְלֹאagainתוֹסִף עוֹדleave them childless.לְשַׁכְּלָם
Ezekiel 36:12
Study it in the app“And I will make human beings, my people Israel, walk on you, and they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will not again leave them childless.”
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Ezekiel 36:12, word by word
- And I will makeהוֹלַכְתִּיholachti
lead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “holachti” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and they will possess youירֵשׁוּyreshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yreshu” appears- and you will beהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- againתוֹסִףtosif
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosif” appears- leave them childlessשַׁכְּלָshakla
bereave
To make someone lose his children, in war or as punishment.
Where else “shakla” appears
The context
11And I will multiply on you human being and livestock, and they will multiply and be fruitful; and I will settle you as in your former times, and I will do more good than at your beginnings; and you will know that I am YHWH.
12 · This verse (above)
13Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because they say to you, “A devourer of human beings you are, and one who leaves childless your nation you have been,”