Ezekiel 37:12

“Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am opening your graves, and I will bring you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to the ground of Israel.”

Ezekiel 37:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 37:12, 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
am openingפֹתֵחַfoteach

open

To open a door, mouth or eyes.

Where else “foteach” appears
your gravesקִבְרוֹתֵיkivrote

tomb

Tomb, grave.

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and I will bring you upהַעֲלֵיתִיhaaleti

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

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my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
and I will bring youהֵבֵאתִיheveti

bring

To bring something or someone.

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to the groundאַדְמַתadmat

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

Where else “admat” 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.

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The context

11And he said to me, “Son of man, these bones, they are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

12 · This verse (above)

13And you will know that I am YHWH, when I open your graves and when I bring you up from your graves, my people.

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