Ezekiel 37:24

“And my servant David will be king over them, and one shepherd there will be for all of them; and in my rules they will walk, and my statutes they will keep and do them.”

Ezekiel 37:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 37:24, word by word

And my servantעַבְדִּavdi

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

Where else “avdi” appears
Davidדָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

Where else “david” appears
will be kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears
and oneאֶחָדechad

united

United as one: "YHWH is one".

Where else “echad” appears
shepherdרוֹעֶהroe

shepherd

One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.

Where else “roe” appears
there will beיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “yihye” appears
and in my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpata” appears
they will walkיֵלֵכוּyelechu

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

Where else “yelechu” appears
and my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukota” appears
they will keepיִשְׁמְרוּyishmru

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “yishmru” appears
and doעָשׂוּasu

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “asu” appears

Translation note

See 34:23 and John 10:16.

The context

23And they will no longer defile themselves with their idols and with their detestable things and with all their transgressions; and I will save them from all their dwellings in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them, and they will be my people, and I will be their Elohim.

24 · This verse (above)

25And they will live on the land that I gave to my servant, to Jacob, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they and their sons and the sons of their sons, forever; and David my servant will be chief for them forever.

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