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who say,הָאֹמְרִים‘The buildingבְּנוֹתof housesבָּתִּיםis notלֹאnear;בְקָרוֹבitהִיאis the pot,הַסִּירand weוַאֲנַחְנוּare the meat.’הַבָּשָׂר
Ezekiel 11:3
Study it in the app“who say, ‘The building of houses is not near; it is the pot, and we are the meat.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 11:3, word by word
- who sayאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- ‘The buildingבְּנוֹתbenot
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “benot” appears- of housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- nearקָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- is the potסִּירsir
pot
A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.
Where else “sir” appears- are the meat.’בָּשָׂרbasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “basar” appears
Translation note
“Not near…”: it can be read as a question (“Is not … near?”). “The pot and the meat”: it can be understood that they feel protected inside the city like meat inside the pot.
The context
2And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and who give evil counsel in this city,
3 · This verse (above)
4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.”