ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהAre youהַאַתָּהthe oneהוּאof whomאֲשֶׁרI spokeדִּבַּרְתִּיin formerבְּ קַדְמוֹנִיםdaysיָמִיםby the handבְּיַדof my servants,עֲבָדַיthe prophetsנְבִיאֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwho prophesiedהַנִּבְּאִיםin those daysבַּיָּמִים הָהֵםfor yearsשָׁנִיםthat I would bringלְהָבִיאyouאֹתְךָagainst them?עֲלֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 38:17
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of my servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 38:17, 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- I spokeדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- in formerקַדְמוֹנִיםkadmonim
former
What comes from ancient times, from before.
Where else “kadmonim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of my servantsעֲבָדַavada
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avada” appears- the prophetsנְבִיאֵיnevie
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appears- of 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- who prophesiedנִּבְּאִיםnibim
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibim” appears- for yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- that I would bringהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears
The context
16And you will come up against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land; in the last days it will be, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me, when I am sanctified through you, Gog, before their eyes.
17 · This verse (above)
18And it will happen on that day, on the day when Gog comes against the ground of Israel, declares Adonai YHWH, that my fury will rise up in my anger.