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And you,וְאַתָּהsonבֶןof man,אָדָםsetשִׂיםyour faceפָּנֶיךָagainstאֶלthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof your peopleעַמְּךָwho prophesyהַמִּתְנַבְּאוֹתout of their own heart,מִלִּבְּהֶןand prophesyוְהִנָּבֵאagainst them,עֲלֵיהֶן
Ezekiel 13:17
Study it in the app“And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own heart, and prophesy against them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 13:17, word by word
- sonבֶןven
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- setשִׂיםsim
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “sim” appears- your faceפָּנֶיpane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pane” appears- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of your peopleעַמְּam
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “am” appears- who prophesyמִּתְנַבְּאוֹתmitnabot
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “mitnabot” appears- out of their own heartלִּבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears
The context
16the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem and see for her a vision of peace, when there is no peace, declares Adonai YHWH.’
17 · This verse (above)
18and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Woe to the women who sew pads on all the wrists of my hands, and make the veils for the head of every stature to hunt souls! The souls of my people you hunt, and souls for yourselves you keep alive!