Ezekiel 37:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and speak thou unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the sons of Israel, From among the nations whither they have gone, And have gathered them from round about, And I have brought them in unto their land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִנֵּ֨ה אֲנִ֤י לֹקֵ֙חַ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִבֵּ֥ין הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָֽלְכוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י אֹתָם֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם אֶל־אַדְמָתָֽם׃

Transliteration

And speak wᵊdabbēr to them ʾălêhem thus kōh-ʾāmar ʾădōnāy Yᵊhwih behold hinnēh ʾănî lōqēaḥ the ʾet-bᵊnê Yiśrāʾēl from among mibbên haggôyim where ʾăšer hālᵊkû-šām and wᵊqibbaṣtî them ʾōtām from around missābîb and wᵊhēbēʾtî them ʾôtām to ʾel-ʾadmātām

Grammar Details

• *wᵊdabbēr*: verb, piel imperative with waw-conjunctive, masculine singular - and speak
• *ʾălêhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - thus said
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, lord/master with 1st person singular suffix
• *Yᵊhwih*: divine name, YHWH
• *hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *lōqēaḥ*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - taking
• *ʾet-bᵊnê*: direct object marker with noun, masculine plural construct - the sons of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mibbên*: preposition with preposition - from among
• *haggôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - where/which
• *hālᵊkû-šām*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural with adverb - they went there
• *wᵊqibbaṣtî*: verb, piel perfect with waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I will gather
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *missābîb*: preposition with adverb - from around
• *wᵊhēbēʾtî*: verb, hiphil perfect with waw-consecutive, 1st person singular - and I will bring
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʾel-ʾadmātām*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to their land

Word Meanings

• *gôy*: nation/people/gentile
• *qibbaṣtî*: I will gather/collect/assemble
• *ʾădāmâ*: ground/land/earth/soil

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 36:24 : 24 And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land,
• Obad 1:17-21 : 17 And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed their possessions. 18 And the house of Jacob hath been a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame, And the house of Esau for stubble, And they have burned among them, And they have consumed them, And there is not a remnant to the house of Esau, For Jehovah hath spoken. 19 And they have possessed the south with the mount of Esau, And the low country with the Philistines, And they have possessed the field of Ephraim, And the field of Samaria, And Benjamin with Gilead. 20 And the removed of this force of the sons of Israel, That `is with' the Canaanites unto Zarephat, And the removed of Jerusalem that `is' with the Sepharad, Possess the cities of the south. 21 And gone up have saviours on mount Zion, To judge the mount of Esau, And the kingdom hath been to Jehovah!'
• Amos 9:14-15 : 14 And I have turned back `to' the captivity of My people Israel, And they have built desolate cities, and inhabited, And have planted vineyards, and drunk their wine, And made gardens, and eaten their fruit. 15 And I have planted them on their own ground, And they are not plucked up any more from off their own ground, That I have given to them, said Jehovah thy God!
• Jer 16:15 : 15 But, `Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands whither He drove them,' And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to their fathers.
• Isa 43:5-6 : 5 Be not afraid, for I `am' with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee. 6 I am saying to the north, `Give up,' And to the south, `Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.
• Jer 23:8 : 8 But -- Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!
• Jer 29:14 : 14 And I have been found of you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; and I have turned back `to' your captivity, and have gathered you out of all the nations, and out of all the places whither I have driven you -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and I have brought you back unto the place whence I removed you.
• Jer 30:3 : 3 For, lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and I have turned back `to' the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, said Jehovah, and I have caused them to turn back unto the land that I gave to their fathers, and they do possess it.'
• Jer 30:10 : 10 And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling.
• Jer 30:18 : 18 Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I turn back `to' the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And his dwelling places I pity, And the city hath been built on its heap, And the palace according to its ordinance remaineth.
• Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them `are' blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one -- together, A great assembly -- they turn back hither. 9 With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way -- they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim -- My first-born `is' he. 10 Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd `doth' his flock,
• Jer 32:37 : 37 Lo, I am gathering them out of all the lands whither I have driven them in Mine anger, and in My fury, and in great wrath, and I have brought them back unto this place, and have caused them to dwell confidently;
• Jer 33:7 : 7 And I have turned back the captivity of Judah, And the captivity of Israel, And I have built them as at the first,
• Jer 33:11 : 11 Is a voice of joy and a voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, The voice of those saying, Thank Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah `is' good, For His kindness `is' to the age, Who are bringing in thanksgiving to the house of Jehovah, For I turn back the captivity of the land, As at the first, said Jehovah.
• Jer 50:19 : 19 And I have brought back Israel unto his habitation, And he hath fed on Carmel, and on Bashan. And in mount Ephraim, and on Gilead is his soul satisfied.
• Ezek 34:13 : 13 And brought them out from the peoples, And have gathered them from the lands, And brought them unto their own ground, And have fed them on mountains of Israel, By streams, and by all dwellings of the land.
• Isa 49:12 : 12 Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.
• Isa 11:11-16 : 11 And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea, 12 And He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth. 13 And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim. 14 And they have flown on the shoulder of the Philistines westward, Together they spoil the sons of the east, Edom and Moab sending forth their hand, And sons of Ammon obeying them. 15 And Jehovah hath devoted to destruction The tongue of the sea of Egypt, And hath waved His hand over the river, In the terror of his wind, And hath smitten it at the seven streams, And hath caused `men' to tread `it' with shoes. 16 And there hath been a highway, For the remnant of His people that is left, from Asshur, As there was for Israel in the day of his coming up out of the land of Egypt!
• Isa 27:12-13 : 12 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Beat out doth Jehovah from the branch of the river, Unto the stream of Egypt, And ye are gathered one by one, O sons of Israel. 13 And it hath come to pass, in that day, It is blown with a great trumpet, And come in have those perishing in the land of Asshur, And those cast out in the land of Egypt, And have bowed themselves to Jehovah, In the holy mount -- in Jerusalem!
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.
• Ezek 39:25 : 25 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Now do I bring back the captivity of Jacob, And I have pitied all the house of Israel, And have been zealous for My holy name.
• Ezek 39:27 : 27 In My bringing them back from the peoples, I have assembled them from the lands of their enemies, And I have been sanctified in them before the eyes of the many nations,
• Deut 30:3-4 : 3 then hath Jehovah thy God turned back `to' thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee. 4 `If thine outcast is in the extremity of the heavens, thence doth Jehovah thy God gather thee, and thence He doth take thee;
• Mic 7:11-12 : 11 The day to build thy walls! That day -- removed is the limit. 12 That day -- even unto thee it doth come in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even unto the river, And from sea to sea, and mount to mount.