therefore,לָכֵןmountainsהָרֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלhearשִׁמְעוּthe wordדְּבַרof AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהto the mountainsלֶהָרִיםand to the hills,וְלַגְּבָעוֹתto the watercoursesלָאֲפִיקִיםand to the valleys,וְלַגֵּאָיוֹתand to the desolateוְלֶ הַשֹּׁמְמוֹתruinsחֳרָבוֹתand to the abandonedוְלֶ הַנֶּעֱזָבוֹתcitiesעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרhave becomeהָיוּbootyלְבַזand mockeryוּלְלַעַגto the restלִשְׁאֵרִיתof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרare all around,מִסָּבִיב
Ezekiel 36:4
Study it in the app“therefore, 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 36:4, word by word
- mountainsהָרֵיhare
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hare” 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- hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- and to the hillsגְּבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears- to the watercoursesאֲפִיקִיםafikim
channel
The bottom along which a brook or the sea runs.
Where else “afikim” appears- and to the valleysגֵּאָיוֹתgeayot
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “geayot” appears- and to the desolateשֹּׁמְמוֹתshommot
desolate
Desolate, ruined; of a person, abandoned and without comfort.
Where else “shommot” appears- ruinsחֳרָבוֹתchoravot
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “choravot” appears- and to the abandonedנֶּעֱזָבוֹתneezavot
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “neezavot” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- have becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- bootyבַזvaz
plunder, booty
Plunder: what the victor carries off from the defeated.
Where else “vaz” appears- and mockeryלַעַגlaag
scorn, derision
Mockery, scorn.
Where else “laag” appears- to 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- are all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
3therefore 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,
4 · This verse (above)
5therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with the joy of a whole heart, with contempt of soul, so that its pastureland might be booty.