Ezekiel 37:25

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 37:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 37:25, word by word

And they will liveיָשְׁבוּyashvu

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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on the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to my servantעַבְדִּavdi

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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and their sonsבְנֵיvene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

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and Davidדָוִדdavid

David

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

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will be chiefנָשִׂיאnasi

chief

Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.

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The context

24And 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.

25 · This verse (above)

26And I will make with them a covenant of peace; an eternal covenant it will be with them. And I will place them, and I will multiply them, and I will set my sanctuary in their midst forever.

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