Ezekiel 34:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֥י אוֹתָ֛ם וּסְבִיב֥וֹת גִּבְעָתִ֖י בְּרָכָ֑ה וְהוֹרַדְתִּ֤י הַגֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ בְּעִתּ֔וֹ גִּשְׁמֵ֥י בְרָכָ֖ה יִֽהְיֽוּ׃

Transliteration

And-nāṯattî them and-səḇîḇôṯ giḇʿāṯî bərāḵâ, and-hôraḏtî the-gešem in-ʿittô; gišmê ḇərāḵâ yihyû.

Grammar Details

*nāṯattî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - I will give/make
*səḇîḇôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - surroundings of
*giḇʿāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st singular suffix - my hill
*bərāḵâ*: noun, feminine singular - blessing
*hôraḏtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I will cause to come down
*gešem*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the rain
*ʿittô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its time
*gišmê*: noun, masculine plural construct - rains of
*ḇərāḵâ*: noun, feminine singular - blessing
*yihyû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will be

Word Meanings

*nāṯattî*: I will give/make/place
*səḇîḇôṯ*: surroundings/places around
*giḇʿāṯî*: my hill/height
*bərāḵâ*: blessing/gift/prosperity
*hôraḏtî*: I will cause to come down/send down
*gešem*: rain/shower
*ʿittô*: its time/season
*gišmê*: rains/showers of
*yihyû*: they will be/exist

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:2 : 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing:
Lev 26:4 : 4 then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Deut 28:12 : 12 Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Ps 68:9 : 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it].
Mic 4:1-2 : 1 But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
Zech 8:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not, [but] let your hands be strong.
Isa 19:24 : 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
Isa 32:15 : 15 until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.
Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
Isa 56:7 : 7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
Ezek 20:40 : 40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Zech 8:23 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass], that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
Ps 68:16 : 16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.
Ps 132:14-16 : 14 This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; For I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Ps 133:3 : 3 Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.
Isa 2:2-4 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. 4 And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
Deut 11:13-15 : 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full.

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