And my servantוְעַבְדִּיDavidדָוִדwill be kingמֶלֶךְover them,עֲלֵיהֶםand oneוְ אֶחָדshepherdרוֹעֶהthere will beיִהְיֶהfor all of them;לְכֻלָּםand in my rulesוּבְמִשְׁפָּטַיthey will walk,יֵלֵכוּand my statutesוְחֻקֹּתַיthey will keepיִשְׁמְרוּand doוְעָשׂוּthem.אוֹתָם
Ezekiel 37:24
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.