Ezekiel 13:5

“You 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.”

Ezekiel 13:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 13:5, word by word

gone upעֲלִיתֶםalitem

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “alitem” appears
into the breachesפְּרָצוֹתperatsot

breach

Breach, opening made by breaking through.

Where else “peratsot” appears
nor built upתִּגְדְּרוּtigdru

wall up, build walls

To build a wall or a stone fence. As the name of a trade, "those who build walls": masons (2 Kings 12:12; 22:6). Figuratively, to repair a breach (Isaiah 58:12) or to block someone's way (Hosea 2:6).

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a wallגָדֵרgader

wall

Wall, fence: a wall that surrounds a piece of ground.

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the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

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of 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.

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to standעֲמֹדamod

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

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in the battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

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on the dayיוֹםyom

day of YHWH

"The day of YHWH", when he comes to judge.

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of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

4Like foxes among the ruins your prophets, Israel, have been.

5 · This verse (above)

6They have seen emptiness and lying divination, those who say, “Declares YHWH,” and YHWH has not sent them, and they expect him to confirm the word.

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