And you,וְאַתָּהsonבֶןof man,אָדָםlisten toשְׁמַעwhatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam speakingמְדַבֵּרto you:אֵלֶיךָdo notאַלbeתְּהִיrebelliousמֶרִיlike the rebelliousכְּ הַמֶּרִיhouse;בֵיתopenפְּצֵהyour mouthפִיךָand eatוֶאֱכֹלwhatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam givingנֹתֵןyou.”אֵלֶיךָ
Ezekiel 2:8
Study it in the app“And you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you: do not be rebellious like the rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 2:8, word by word
- sonבֶןven
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ven” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- listen toשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- am speakingמְדַבֵּרmedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appears- beתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- rebelliousמֶרִיmeri
rebellion
Rebellion. "Sons of rebellion" are rebels.
Where else “meri” appears- houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- openפְּצֵהpetse
open the mouth
To part the lips to speak or devour.
Where else “petse” appears- your mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- and eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- am givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears
The context
7And you will speak my words to them, whether they listen or stop listening, for they are rebellion.
8 · This verse (above)
9And I looked, and look, a hand stretched out to me, and look, in it was a scroll of a book.