Thereforeלָכֵןprophesyהִנָּבֵאand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook,הִנֵּהIאֲנִיam openingפֹתֵחַyour graves,קִבְרוֹתֵיכֶםand I will bring you upוְהַעֲלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶםfrom your graves,מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶםmy people,עַמִּיand I will bring youוְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶםto the groundאֶל אַדְמַתof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 37:12
Study it in the app“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.”
God says the bones are Israel: he will open their graves and put his spirit in themThe Resurrection
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “kivrote” appears- and I will bring you upהַעֲלֵיתִיhaaleti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haaleti” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- and I will bring youהֵבֵאתִיheveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears
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.