Ezekiel 38:10

“Thus says Adonai YHWH: And it will happen on that day that things will come up into your heart, and you will devise an evil scheme,”

Ezekiel 38:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 38:10, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” 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
And it will happenהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
on that dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
that thingsדְבָרִיםdevarim

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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will come upיַעֲלוּyaalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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into your heartלְבָבֶlevave

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levave” appears
and you will deviseחָשַׁבְתָּchashavta

devise

To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.

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an evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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schemeמַחֲשֶׁבֶתmachashevet

plan

What one devises; or a trap against someone.

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The context

9And you will go up; like a storm you will come; like a cloud to cover the land you will be, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.

10 · This verse (above)

11and you will say, “I will go up against a land of unwalled towns; I will come against those at ease, who live securely, all of them living without wall, and bar and doors they do not have,”

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