Thereforeלָכֵןspeakדַּבֵּרto themאוֹתָםand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהAny manאִישׁ אִישׁof the houseמִבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרtakes upיַעֲלֶהhis idolsאֶת גִּלּוּלָיוinto his heartאֶל לִבּוֹand putsיָשִׂיםthe stumbling blockוּמִכְשׁוֹלof his iniquityעֲוֺנוֹbeforeנֹכַחhis faceפָּנָיוand comesוּבָאto the prophet,אֶל הַנָּבִיאI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהwill answerנַעֲנֵיתִיhimלוֹin itבָאaccording to the multitudeבְּרֹבof his idols,גִּלּוּלָיו
Ezekiel 14:4
Study it in the app“Therefore speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Any man of the house of Israel who takes up his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet, I, YHWH, will answer him in it according to the multitude of his idols,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 14:4, word by word
- speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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- Any manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- takes upיַעֲלֶהyaale
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaale” appears- his idolsגִּלּוּלָיgilulay
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilulay” appears- into his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- and putsיָשִׂיםyasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasim” appears- the stumbling blockמִכְשׁוֹלmichshol
stumbling block
A stumbling block: something that makes someone fall; an obstacle.
Where else “michshol” appears- of his iniquityעֲוֺנavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- beforeנֹכַחnochach
opposite
On the opposite side, facing something.
Where else “nochach” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “panay” appears- and comesבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- to the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- will answerנַעֲנֵיתִיnaaneti
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “naaneti” appears- according to the multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears
The context
3“Son of man, these men have taken up their idols into their heart, and the stumbling block of their iniquity they have put before their face. Should I let myself be consulted at all by them?
4 · This verse (above)
5in order to seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they have turned away from me, all of them, through their idols.’