Ezekiel 14:4

“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,”

Ezekiel 14:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 14:4, word by word

speakדַּבֵּרdaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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.

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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".

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Any manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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of 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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takes upיַעֲלֶהyaale

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

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his idolsגִּלּוּלָיgilulay

idols

Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.

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into his heartלִבּlib

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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and putsיָשִׂיםyasim

put

To put something somewhere.

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the stumbling blockמִכְשׁוֹלmichshol

stumbling block

A stumbling block: something that makes someone fall; an obstacle.

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of his iniquityעֲוֺנavon

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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beforeנֹכַחnochach

opposite

On the opposite side, facing something.

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his faceפָּנָיpanay

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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and comesבָאva

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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to the prophetנָּבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

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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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will answerנַעֲנֵיתִיnaaneti

answer

To reply to what was said.

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according to the multitudeרֹבrov

multitude

A great crowd of people or things.

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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.’

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