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Yet my eyeוַ עֵינִיpitiedתָּחָסthemעֲלֵיהֶםso as not to destroy them,מִשַּׁחֲתָםand I did notוְלֹאmakeעָשִׂיתִיa total destructionכָּלָהof themאוֹתָםin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
Ezekiel 20:17
Study it in the app“Yet my eye pitied them so as not to destroy them, and I did not make a total destruction of them in the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:17, word by word
- Yet my eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- pitiedתָּחָסtachas
pity, spare
Have pity, take compassion; spare. "Let your eye not pity" means do not worry about what you leave behind.
Where else “tachas” appears- so as not to destroy themשַּׁחֲתָshachata
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachata” appears- makeעָשִׂיתִיasiti
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asiti” appears- a total destructionכָּלָהkala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “kala” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And I said to their sons in the wilderness, In the statutes of your fathers do not walk, and their rules do not keep, and with their idols do not defile yourselves.