And sayוְדַבֵּרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook,הִנֵּהIאֲנִיam takingלֹקֵחַthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfrom amongמִבֵּיןthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁםthey have gone,הָלְכוּand I will gatherוְקִבַּצְתִּיthemאֹתָםfrom all around,מִסָּבִיבand I will bringוְהֵבֵאתִיthemאוֹתָםto their own ground.אֶל אַדְמָתָם
Ezekiel 37:21
Study it in the app“And say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am taking the sons of Israel from among the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around, and I will bring them to their own ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 37:21, word by word
- And sayדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” 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 takingלֹקֵחַlokeach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lokeach” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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 nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- they have goneהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- and I will gatherקִבַּצְתִּיkibatsti
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kibatsti” appears- from all aroundסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- and I will bringהֵבֵאתִיheveti
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heveti” appears- to their own groundאַדְמָתָadmata
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “admata” appears
The context
20And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.
21 · This verse (above)
22And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.