Ezekiel 36:12

“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.”

Ezekiel 36:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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,”

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