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so thatלְמַעַןin my statutesבְּחֻקֹּתַיthey may walk,יֵלֵכוּand keepוְ יִשְׁמְרוּmy rulesמִשְׁפָּטַיand carry them out;וְעָשׂוּ אֹתָםand they will beוְהָיוּmy people,לִי לְעָםand Iוַאֲנִיwill beאֶהְיֶהtheir Elohim.לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים
Ezekiel 11:20
Study it in the app“so that in my statutes they may walk, and keep my rules and carry them out; and they will be my people, and I will be their Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 11:20, word by word
- in my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- they may walkיֵלֵכוּyelechu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelechu” appears- and keepיִשְׁמְרוּyishmru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “yishmru” appears- my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appears- and carry them outעָשׂוּasu
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asu” appears- and they will beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- my peopleעָםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- their Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears
The context
19And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,
20 · This verse (above)
21But as for those whose heart goes after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, their way I will lay on their head, declares Adonai YHWH.”