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But I actedוָאֶעֱשֶׂהfor the sake ofלְמַעַןmy name,שְׁמִיthat it should notלְבִלְתִּיbe profanedהֵחֵלin the eyesלְעֵינֵיof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםin whose eyesאֲשֶׁר לְעֵינֵיהֶםI had brought them out.הוֹצֵאתִים
Ezekiel 20:14
Study it in the app“But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose eyes I had brought them out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:14, word by word
- But I actedאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- be profanedהֵחֵלhechel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “hechel” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- I had brought them outהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15And I also raised my hand to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given, flowing with milk and honey, it is the jewel of all the lands,