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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלָי“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםthese areאֵלֶּהthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho deviseהַחֹשְׁבִיםwickednessאָוֶןand who giveוְהַיֹּעֲצִיםevilרָעcounselעֲצַתin thisבָּ הַזֹּאתcity,עִיר
Ezekiel 11:2
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and who give evil counsel in this city,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 11:2, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- who deviseחֹשְׁבִיםchoshvim
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshvim” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- and who giveיֹּעֲצִיםyoatsim
advise
To tell someone what is best to do.
Where else “yoatsim” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- counselעֲצַתatsat
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsat” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears
The context
1And a spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the house of YHWH, which faces east; and look, at the entrance of the gate twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 · This verse (above)
3who say, ‘The building of houses is not near; it is the pot, and we are the meat.’