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And alsoוְגַםmy Sabbathsאֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַיI gaveנָתַתִּיthem,לָהֶםto beלִהְיוֹתa signלְאוֹתbetween meבֵּינִיand them,וּבֵינֵיהֶםthat they might knowלָדַעַתthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWHיְהוָהwho sanctifies them.מְקַדְּשָׁם
Ezekiel 20:12
Study it in the app“And also my Sabbaths I gave them, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am YHWH who sanctifies them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:12, word by word
- my Sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַshabtota
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabtota” appears- I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- that they might knowדַעַתdaat
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “daat” 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- who sanctifies themמְקַדְּשָׁmekadsha
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “mekadsha” appears
The context
11And I gave them my statutes, and my rules I made known to them, which if a human being does them, he will live by them.
12 · This verse (above)
13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; in my statutes they did not walk, and my rules they rejected, which if a human being does them, he will live by them; and my Sabbaths they profaned greatly. And I said that I would pour out my fury on them in the wilderness to make an end of them.