thereforeלָכֵןprophesyהִנָּבֵאand say,וְאָמַרְתָּThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהPrecisely becauseיַעַן בְּיַעַןof making you desolateשַׁמּוֹתand houndingוְשָׁאֹףyouאֶתְכֶםfrom all around,מִסָּבִיבso that you becameלִהְיוֹתְכֶםa possessionמוֹרָשָׁהfor the restלִשְׁאֵרִיתof the nations,הַגּוֹיִםand you have come upוַתֵּעֲלוּon the lipעַל שְׂפַתof the tongueלָשׁוֹןand into the slanderוְדִבַּתof the people,עָם
Ezekiel 36:3
Study it in the app“therefore prophesy and say, Thus says Adonai YHWH: Precisely because of making you desolate and hounding you from all around, so that you became a possession for the rest of the nations, and you have come up on the lip of the tongue and into the slander of the people,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 36:3, word by word
- prophesyהִנָּבֵאhinave
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “hinave” appears- 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- of making you desolateשַׁמּוֹתshamot
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “shamot” appears- and houndingשָׁאֹףshaof
trample
To crush underfoot, harass the weak.
Where else “shaof” appears- from all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- so that you becameהְיוֹתְheot
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “heot” appears- a possessionמוֹרָשָׁהmorasha
possession
Possession, land received to be held.
Where else “morasha” appears- for the restשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit
remnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and you have come upתֵּעֲלוּtealu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “tealu” appears- on the lipשְׂפַתsefat
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefat” appears- of the tongueלָשׁוֹןlashon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “lashon” appears- and into the slanderדִבַּתdibat
bad report
Bad report about someone; slander, gossip.
Where else “dibat” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
2Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because the enemy said against you, “Aha! And the eternal high places have become a possession for us,”
3 · This verse (above)
4therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of Adonai YHWH: Thus says Adonai YHWH to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, and to the desolate ruins and to the abandoned cities that have become booty and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around,