But I actedוָאַעַשׂfor the sake ofלְמַעַןmy name,שְׁמִיthat it should notלְבִלְתִּיbe profanedהֵחֵלin the eyesלְעֵינֵיof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםamong whomאֲשֶׁר בְתוֹכָםthey were,הֵמָּהin whose eyesאֲשֶׁר לְעֵינֵיהֶםI made myself knownנוֹדַעְתִּיto themאֲלֵיהֶםby bringing them outלְהוֹצִיאָםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Ezekiel 20:9
Study it in the app“But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were, in whose eyes I made myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 20:9, word by word
- But I actedאַעַשׂaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “aas” appears- my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- be profanedהֵחֵלhechel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “hechel” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- among whomתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears- I made myself knownנוֹדַעְתִּיnodati
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “nodati” appears- by bringing them outהוֹצִיאָhotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
8But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me; they did not each cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor forsake the idols of Egypt. And I said that I would pour out my fury on them to spend my anger on them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 · This verse (above)
10And I brought them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.