And what comes upוְהָעֹלָהinto your spiritעַל רוּחֲכֶםwill neverהָיוֹ לֹאhappen,תִהְיֶהthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare saying,אֹמְרִים“We will beנִהְיֶהlike the nations,כַגּוֹיִםlike the familiesכְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתof the lands,הָאֲרָצוֹתservingלְשָׁרֵתwoodעֵץand stone.”וָאָבֶן
Ezekiel 20:32
Study it in the app“And what comes up into your spirit will never happen, that you are saying, “We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, serving wood and stone.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:32, word by word
- And what comes upעֹלָהola
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ola” appears- into your spiritרוּחֲruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- will neverהָיוֹhayo
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayo” appears- are sayingאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- like the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- like the familiesמִשְׁפְּחוֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appears- servingשָׁרֵתsharet
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “sharet” appears- woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and stoneאָבֶןaven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “aven” appears
The context
31And in presenting your gifts, in making your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I let myself be consulted by you, house of Israel? As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, I will surely not let myself be consulted by you.
32 · This verse (above)
33As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, surely with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with poured-out fury I will be king over you.