And I saidוָאֹמַרto their sonsאֶל בְּנֵיהֶםin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרIn the statutesבְּחוּקֵּיof your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםdo notאַלwalk,תֵּלֵכוּand their rulesוְאֶת מִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶםdo notאַלkeep,תִּשְׁמֹרוּand with their idolsוּבְגִלּוּלֵיהֶםdo notאַלdefile yourselves.תִּטַּמָּאוּ
Ezekiel 20:18
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:18, word by word
- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- to their sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- In the statutesחוּקֵּיchuke
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chuke” appears- of your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- walkתֵּלֵכוּtelechu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telechu” appears- and their rulesמִשְׁפְּטֵיmishpte
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpte” appears- keepתִּשְׁמֹרוּtishmoru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “tishmoru” appears- and with their idolsגִלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- defile yourselvesתִּטַּמָּאוּtitamau
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “titamau” appears
The context
17Yet my eye pitied them so as not to destroy them, and I did not make a total destruction of them in the wilderness.
18 · This verse (above)
19I am YHWH your Elohim; in my statutes walk, and my rules keep, and do them;