Study it in the app“say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and I will make them into one stick, and they will be one in my hand.’”
sayדַּבֵּרto them,אֲלֵהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook,הִנֵּהIאֲנִיam takingלֹקֵחַthe stickעֵץof Joseph,יוֹסֵףwhichאֲשֶׁרis in the handבְּיַדof Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםand the tribesוְשִׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלhis companions;חֲבֵרָיוand I will putוְנָתַתִּיthemאוֹתָםwith it,עָלָיוwithאֶתthe stickעֵץof Judah,יְהוּדָהand I will make themוַעֲשִׂיתִםinto one stick,לְעֵץ אֶחָדand they will beוְהָיוּoneאֶחָדin my hand.’בְּיָדִי
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsAdonai, 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” appearsYHWH (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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lokeach” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appearsJoseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearsIsrael
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” appearscompanion, united
Companion, joined to others; "united" as a single group.
Where else “chaveray” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asiti” appearsunited
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears18And when the sons of your people say to you, saying, ‘Will you not tell us what these mean to you?’
19 · This verse (above)
20And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.
