Thereforeלָכֵןspeakדַּבֵּרto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsonבֶּןof man,אָדָםand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהIn thisזֹאתalsoעוֹדyour fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםreviledגִּדְּפוּme,אוֹתִיin committingבְּמַעֲלָםa breach of faithמָעַלagainst me.בִּי
Ezekiel 20:27
Study it in the app“Therefore speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: In this also your fathers reviled me, in committing a breach of faith against me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:27, word by word
- speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- reviledגִּדְּפוּgidfu
revile, blaspheme
Revile, insult with words; said against God, blaspheme.
Where else “gidfu” appears- in committingמַעֲלָmaala
be unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “maala” appears- a breach of faithמָעַלmaal
unfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appears
The context
26and I defiled them through their gifts, in their making pass every firstborn of the womb, so that I might devastate them, so that they might know that I am YHWH.’
27 · This verse (above)
28When I brought them into the land that I had raised my hand to give it to them, they saw every high hill and every thick tree, and there they offered their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering, and there they set their pleasing aromas, and there they poured out their libations.