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becauseיַעַןmy rulesבְּמִשְׁפָּטַיthey rejected,מָאָסוּand in my statutesוְאֶת חֻקּוֹתַיthey did notלֹאwalk,הָלְכוּ בָהֶםand my Sabbathsוְאֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַיthey profaned;חִלֵּלוּforכִּיafterאַחֲרֵיtheir idolsגִלּוּלֵיהֶםtheir heartלִבָּםwent.הֹלֵךְ
Ezekiel 20:16
Study it in the app“because my rules they rejected, and in my statutes they did not walk, and my Sabbaths they profaned; for after their idols their heart went.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:16, word by word
- my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appears- they rejectedמָאָסוּmaasu
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasu” appears- and in my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- walkהָלְכוּhalchu
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halchu” appears- and my Sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַshabtota
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabtota” appears- they profanedחִלֵּלוּchilelu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chilelu” appears- their idolsגִלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears
The context
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,
16 · This verse (above)
17Yet my eye pitied them so as not to destroy them, and I did not make a total destruction of them in the wilderness.