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And I will callוְקָרָאתִיagainst himעָלָיוto allלְכָלmy mountainsהָרַיfor a sword,חֶרֶבdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH;יְהוִהthe swordחֶרֶבof each oneאִישׁwill beתִּהְיֶהagainst his brother.בְּאָחִיו
Ezekiel 38:21
Study it in the app“And I will call against him to all my mountains for a sword, declares Adonai YHWH; the sword of each one will be against his brother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 38:21, word by word
- And I will callקָרָאתִיkarati
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karati” appears- my mountainsהָרַhara
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hara” appears- for a swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- of each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- against his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
20And they will quake before me, the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the animals of the field, and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and every human being that is on the face of the ground; and the mountains will be thrown down, and the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth.
21 · This verse (above)
22And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood; and torrential rain, and hailstones, fire, and sulfur I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him.