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in order toלְמַעַןseizeתְּפֹשׂthe houseאֶת בֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלby their heart,בְּלִבָּםbecauseאֲשֶׁרthey have turned awayנָזֹרוּfrom me,מֵעָלַיall of them,כֻּלָּםthrough their idols.’בְּגִלּוּלֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 14:5
Study it in the app“in order to seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they have turned away from me, all of them, through their idols.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 14:5, word by word
- seizeתְּפֹשׂtefos
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “tefos” appears- 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- by their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- they have turned awayנָזֹרוּnazoru
become estranged
To become a stranger to someone.
Where else “nazoru” appears- through their idols.’גִלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears
The context
4Therefore 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,
5 · This verse (above)
6Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Turn back, and turn away from your idols, and from all your abominations turn away your faces.