Ezekiel 37:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine 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 the adversaries of 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 the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
Hos 1:11 : 11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Zeph 3:9 : 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, 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 dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

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