ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהLook, I amהִנְנִיagainst your padsאֶל כִּסְּתוֹתֵיכֶנָהwith whichאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֵּנָהhuntמְצֹדְדוֹתthereשָׁםthe soulsאֶת הַנְּפָשׁוֹתas birds that fly,לְפֹרְחוֹתand I will tear themוְקָרַעְתִּי אֹתָםfrom your arms,מֵעַל זְרוֹעֹתֵיכֶםand I will set freeוְשִׁלַּחְתִּיthe soulsאֶת הַנְּפָשׁוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםhunt,מְצֹדְדוֹתthe souls,אֶת נְפָשִׁיםas birds that fly.לְפֹרְחֹת
Ezekiel 13:20
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am against your pads with which you hunt there the souls as birds that fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will set free the souls that you hunt, the souls, as birds that fly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 13:20, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- against your padsכִּסְּתוֹתֵיkistote
band, cushion
A cushion or pad; in Ezekiel 13, a magic object tied on the wrists.
Where else “kistote” appears- huntמְצֹדְדוֹתmetsoddot
hunt
To track down animals, or pursue someone.
Where else “metsoddot” appears- the soulsנְּפָשׁוֹתnefashot
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefashot” appears- as birds that flyפֹרְחוֹתforchot
fly
To move through the air on wings, like birds.
Where else “forchot” appears- and I will tear themקָרַעְתִּיkarati
tear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “karati” appears- from your armsזְרוֹעֹתֵיzeroote
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroote” appears- and I will set freeשִׁלַּחְתִּיshilachti
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilachti” appears
Translation note
“As birds that fly”: the Hebrew word is doubtful in this sense; it can also mean “so that they may blossom.”
The context
19And you have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death souls that should not die, and to keep alive souls that should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.
20 · This verse (above)
21And I will tear your veils and deliver my people from your hand, and they will no longer be in your hand as in a snare; and you will know that I am YHWH.