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And you will knowוִידַעְתֶּםthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהwhen I openבְּפִתְחִיyour gravesקִבְרוֹתֵיכֶםand when I bring you upוּבְהַעֲלוֹתִי אֶתְכֶםfrom your graves,מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶםmy people.עַמִּי
Ezekiel 37:13
Study it in the app“And you will know that I am YHWH, when I open your graves and when I bring you up from your graves, my people.”
God says the bones are Israel: he will open their graves and put his spirit in themThe Resurrection
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 37:13, word by word
- And you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “ydatem” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- when I openפִתְחִfitchi
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “fitchi” appears- your gravesקִבְרוֹתֵיkivrote
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kivrote” appears- and when I bring you upהַעֲלוֹתִhaaloti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haaloti” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears
The context
12Therefore 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I will put my spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you on your own ground; and you will know that I, YHWH, have spoken and will do it, declares YHWH.’”