And they will liveוְיָשְׁבוּon the landעַל הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI gaveנָתַתִּיto my servant,לְעַבְדִּיto Jacob,לְיַעֲקֹבin whichאֲשֶׁר בָהּyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםlived;יָשְׁבוּand they will liveוְיָשְׁבוּon it,עָלֶיהָtheyהֵמָּהand their sonsוּבְנֵיהֶםand the sonsוּבְנֵיof their sons,בְנֵיהֶםforever;עַד עוֹלָםand Davidוְדָוִדmy servantעַבְדִּיwill be chiefנָשִׂיאfor themלָהֶםforever.לְעוֹלָם
Ezekiel 37:25
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 37:25, word by word
- And they will liveיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- on the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- to my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- 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.
Where else “yaakov” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- and Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- will be chiefנָשִׂיאnasi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appears
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.