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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Prophesyהִנָּבֵאover these bones,עַל הָעֲצָמוֹת הָאֵלֶּהand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘Dryהַיְבֵשׁוֹתbones,הָעֲצָמוֹתhearשִׁמְעוּthe wordדְּבַרof YHWH.יְהוָה
Ezekiel 37:4
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of YHWH.”
In the valley of dry bones, God says he will put spirit in them and they will liveThe Holy Spirit
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 37:4, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Prophesyהִנָּבֵאhinave
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “hinave” appears- over these bonesעֲצָמוֹתatsamot
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsamot” appears- ‘Dryיְבֵשׁוֹתyeveshot
dry
Dry.
Where else “yeveshot” appears- hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
3And he said to me, “Son of man, will these bones live?” And I said, “Adonai YHWH, you know.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Thus says Adonai YHWH to these bones: Look, I am bringing spirit into you, and you will live.