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And I saidוָאֹמַרto them,אֲלֵהֶםWhatמָהis the high placeהַבָּמָהto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁםyouאַתֶּםgo?הַבָּאִיםAnd its nameוַ שְׁמָהּis calledיִּקָּרֵא“Bamah”בָּמָהto thisעַד הַזֶּהday.’הַיּוֹם
Ezekiel 20:29
Study it in the app“And I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? And its name is called “Bamah” to this day.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:29, 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- is the high placeבָּמָהbama
high place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bama” appears- goבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- And its nameשְׁמָshema
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appears- is calledיִּקָּרֵאyikare
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikare” appears- “Bamahבָּמָהbama
Bamah
Bamah: a word meaning "high place"; the name of a place of worship.
Where else “bama” appears- day.’יּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
A wordplay: “what” (mah) “high place” (bamah) “you go” (baim); Bamah means “high place.”
The context
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.
29 · This verse (above)
30Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: In the way of your fathers are you defiling yourselves? And after their detestable things are you prostituting yourselves?