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Like foxesכְּשֻׁעָלִיםamong the ruinsבָּחֳרָבוֹתyour prophets,נְבִיאֶיךָIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלhave been.הָיוּ
Ezekiel 13:4
Study it in the app“Like foxes among the ruins your prophets, Israel, have been.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 13:4, word by word
- Like foxesשֻׁעָלִיםshualim
fox, jackal
Fox; the Hebrew word can also name the jackal, a similar animal that goes about in packs.
Where else “shualim” appears- among the ruinsחֳרָבוֹתchoravot
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “choravot” appears- your prophetsנְבִיאֶיnevie
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- have beenהָיוּhayu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appears
The context
3Thus says Adonai YHWH: Woe to the foolish prophets who walk after their own spirit, and without having seen!
4 · This verse (above)
5You have not gone up into the breaches nor built up a wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of YHWH.