Ezekiel 37:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה מְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בִּהְי֧וֹת מִקְדָּשִׁ֛י בְּתוֹכָ֖ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And wᵊyādᵊʿû the haggôyim that kî ʾănî Yᵊhwâ sanctifying mᵊqaddēš ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl when being bihyôt miqdāšî in their midst bᵊtôkām forever lᵊʿôlām

Grammar Details

• *wᵊyādᵊʿû*: verb, qal perfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will know
• *haggôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *Yᵊhwâ*: divine name, YHWH
• *mᵊqaddēš*: verb, piel participle, masculine singular - sanctifying
• *ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl*: direct object marker with proper noun - Israel
• *bihyôt*: preposition with qal infinitive construct - when being
• *miqdāšî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my sanctuary
• *bᵊtôkām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their midst
• *lᵊʿôlām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - forever

Word Meanings

• *qādaš*: sanctify/consecrate/dedicate
• *gôy*: nation/people/gentile
• *miqdāš*: sanctuary/holy place/temple
• *tôk*: midst/middle/among

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
• Exod 31:13 : 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
• Ezek 36:23 : 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
• Ezek 36:36 : 36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
• Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 39:7 : 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
• Ezek 39:23 : 23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
• John 17:17-19 : 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
• Rom 11:15 : 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• Eph 5:26 : 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Lev 20:8 : 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
• Lev 21:8 : 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
• Ps 79:10 : 10 Wherefore should the heathen say{H8799)}, Where is their God? let him be known{H8735)} among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed{H8803)}.
• Ps 102:15 : 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
• Ps 126:2 : 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.