Ezekiel 37:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקָרַ֨ב אֹתָ֜ם אֶחָ֧ד אֶל־אֶחָ֛ד לְךָ֖ לְעֵ֣ץ אֶחָ֑ד וְהָי֥וּ לַאֲחָדִ֖ים בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And join wᵊqārab ʾōtām one ʾeḥād ʾel-ʾeḥād to you lᵊkā for lᵊʿēṣ ʾeḥād and they will be wᵊhāyû as one laʾăḥādîm in your hand bᵊyādekā

Grammar Details

*wᵊqārab*: verb, piel imperative, masculine singular - and join
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
*ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one
*ʾel-ʾeḥād*: preposition with numeral, masculine singular - to one
*lᵊkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to/for you
*lᵊʿēṣ*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - for a stick
*wᵊhāyû*: verb, qal perfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will be
*laʾăḥādîm*: preposition with adjective, masculine plural - as one/unified
*bᵊyādekā*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your hand

Word Meanings

*qārab*: join/bring near/approach
*ʾăḥādîm*: one/a unity/united

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Referenced Verses

Isa 11:13 : 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Jer 50:4 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
Hos 1:11 : 11 And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Zeph 3:9 : 9 For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
Ezek 37:22-24 : 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all; 23 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

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