Thereforeלָכֵןprophesy,הִנָּבֵאsonבֶןof man,אָדָםand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto Gog,לְגוֹג‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהWill it not be thatהֲלוֹאon that day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּאwhenבְּmy peopleעַמִּיIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלlivesשֶׁבֶתsecurely,לָבֶטַחyou will know it?תֵּדָע
Ezekiel 38:14
Study it in the app“Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Will it not be that on that day, when my people Israel lives securely, you will know it?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 38:14, word by word
- prophesyהִנָּבֵאhinave
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “hinave” 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- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- to Gogגוֹגgog
Gog
Gog: a man of the tribe of Reuben. In Ezekiel 38-39 the same name is borne by the chief of a people of the north.
Where else “gog” 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- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- livesשֶׁבֶתshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appears- securelyבֶטַחvetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “vetach” appears- you will know itתֵּדָעteda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appears
The context
13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young lions will say to you, “Is it to take spoil that you come? Is it to seize plunder that you have assembled your assembly, to carry away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to take great spoil?”’
14 · This verse (above)
15And you will come from your place, from the farthest parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, riding horses, all of them, a great assembly, and a numerous army.