ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהEnough for you,רַב לָכֶםchiefsנְשִׂיאֵיof Israel!יִשְׂרָאֵלRemoveהָסִירוּviolenceחָמָסand destruction,וָשֹׁדand doוּ עֲשׂוּjusticeמִשְׁפָּטand righteousness;וּצְדָקָהliftהָרִימוּyour evictionsגְרֻשֹׁתֵיכֶםoffמֵעַלmy people,עַמִּיdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִה
Ezekiel 45:9
Study it in the app“Thus says Adonai YHWH: Enough for you, chiefs of Israel! Remove violence and destruction, and do justice and righteousness; lift your evictions off my people, declares Adonai YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 45:9, 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- Enough for youרַבrav
enough
A word to stop something that has become too much: it is enough.
Where else “rav” appears- chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיnesie
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” 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- Removeהָסִירוּhasiru
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasiru” appears- violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- and destructionשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- and doעֲשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- and righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- liftהָרִימוּharimu
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “harimu” appears- your evictionsגְרֻשֹׁתֵיgerushote
eviction
Eviction, driving someone off their land.
Where else “gerushote” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears
The context
8As land it shall be his as a possession in Israel; and my chiefs shall not oppress my people any longer, but the land they shall give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9 · This verse (above)
10You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.