And I alsoוְגַם אֲנִיraisedנָשָׂאתִיmy handיָדִיto themלָהֶםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרthat I would notלְבִלְתִּיbringהָבִיאthemאוֹתָםinto the landאֶל הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI had given,נָתַתִּיflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey,וּדְבַשׁitהִיאis the jewelצְבִיof allלְכָלthe lands,הָאֲרָצוֹת
Ezekiel 20:15
Study it in the app“And 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:15, word by word
- raisedנָשָׂאתִיnasati
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasati” appears- my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- bringהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears- into the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I had givenנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- flowingזָבַתzavat
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “zavat” appears- with milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- and honeyדְבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- is the jewelצְבִיtsevi
splendor
What gives splendor: "the glorious land".
Where else “tsevi” appears
The context
14But 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16because my rules they rejected, and in my statutes they did not walk, and my Sabbaths they profaned; for after their idols their heart went.