And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Prophesyהִנָּבֵאto the spirit;אֶל הָרוּחַprophesy,הִנָּבֵאsonבֶןof man,אָדָםand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto the spirit,אֶל הָרוּחַ‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהFrom the fourמֵאַרְבַּעwindsרוּחוֹתcome,בֹּאִיspirit,הָרוּחַand breatheוּפְחִיon these slain,בַּהֲרוּגִים הָאֵלֶּהand let them live.’”וְיִחְיוּ
Ezekiel 37:9
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Prophesy to the spirit; prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: From the four winds come, spirit, and breathe on these slain, and let them live.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 37:9, 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- to the spiritרוּחַruach
breath
Literally "wind": the air that leaves the lungs.
Where else “ruach” appears- sonבֶןven
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- From the fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- comeבֹּאִיboi
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boi” appears- and breatheפְחִיfechi
blow
To puff air, as God gave life to man.
Where else “fechi” appears- on these slainהֲרוּגִיםharugim
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harugim” appears- and let them live.’יִחְיוּyichyu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichyu” appears
The context
8And I looked, and look, on them were sinews, and flesh had come up, and skin covered them from above; but spirit there was none in them.
9 · This verse (above)
10So I prophesied as he had commanded me; and the spirit came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an army exceedingly great.