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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהThisזֹאתtooעוֹדI will let myself be inquired ofאִדָּרֵשׁby the houseלְבֵיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלto doלַעֲשׂוֹתfor them:לָהֶםI will multiplyאַרְבֶּהthemאֹתָםlike a flockכַּצֹּאןof human beings.אָדָם
Ezekiel 36:37
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: This too I will let myself be inquired of by the house of Israel to do for them: I will multiply them like a flock of human beings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 36:37, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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 let myself be inquired ofאִדָּרֵשׁidaresh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “idaresh” appears- by the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of 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- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- I will multiplyאַרְבֶּהarbe
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “arbe” appears- like a flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
36And the nations that are left around you will know that I, YHWH, have built what was torn down, and planted what was desolate; I, YHWH, have spoken, and I will do it.
37 · This verse (above)
38Like the flock of holy things, like the flock of Jerusalem at her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be full of a flock of human beings; and they will know that I am YHWH.’”