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and say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיagainst you,אֵלֶיךָGog,גּוֹגprincipal chiefנְשִׂיא רֹאשׁof Meshechמֶשֶׁךְand Tubal.וְתֻבָל
Ezekiel 38:3
Study it in the app“and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against you, Gog, principal chief of Meshech and Tubal.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 38:3, word by word
- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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- Gogגּוֹגgog
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- principal chiefנְשִׂיאnesi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesi” appears- principal chiefרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- of Meshechמֶשֶׁךְmeshech
Meshech
Meshech, a son of Japheth and the people descended from him.
Where else “meshech” appears- and Tubalתֻבָלtuval
Tubal
Tubal, a son of Japheth and the people descended from him.
Where else “tuval” appears
The context
2“Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, principal chief of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 · This verse (above)
4And I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws, and I will bring out you and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed splendidly, a great assembly, with large shield and shield, wielding swords, all of them;