Thereforeלָכֵןsayאֱמֹרto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהTurn back,שׁוּבוּand turn awayוְהָשִׁיבוּfrom your idols,מֵעַל גִּלּוּלֵיכֶםand from allוּמֵעַל כָּלyour abominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתֵיכֶםturn awayהָשִׁיבוּyour faces.פְנֵיכֶם
Ezekiel 14:6
Study it in the app“Therefore 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 14:6, word by word
- sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- to 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- 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- Turn backשׁוּבוּshuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appears- from your idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- your abominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתֵיtoavote
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toavote” appears- your facesפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
5in order to seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they have turned away from me, all of them, through their idols.’
6 · This verse (above)
7For any man of the house of Israel, or of the resident aliens who reside in Israel, who separates himself from following me and takes up his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet to consult me for himself, I, YHWH, will answer him myself.