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Unite yourself,הִתְאַחֲדִיgo right;הֵימִנִיset yourself,הָשִׂימִיgo left;הַשְׂמִילִיwhereverאָנָהyour faceפָּנַיִךְis directed.מֻעָדוֹת
Ezekiel 21:16
Study it in the app“Unite yourself, go right; set yourself, go left; wherever your face is directed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 21:16, word by word
- Unite yourselfהִתְאַחֲדִיhitachadi
be sharp
A word found only once: to unite or gather together; perhaps to be sharp.
Where else “hitachadi” appears- go rightהֵימִנִיhemini
go to the right
Go to the right.
Where else “hemini” appears- set yourselfהָשִׂימִיhasimi
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “hasimi” appears- go leftהַשְׂמִילִיhasmili
go to the left
Go to the left.
Where else “hasmili” appears- whereverאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- your faceפָּנַיִpanayi
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panayi” appears- is directedמֻעָדוֹתmuadot
appoint
To designate beforehand for whom, when or where something falls.
Where else “muadot” appears
Translation note
The sword is addressed. “Unite yourself” (הִתְאַחֲדִי) can be “concentrate” or “sharpen your edge.”
The context
15so that the heart may melt and the stumbling blocks may multiply; against all their gates I have set the brandishing of the sword. Ah! It is made for lightning, honed for slaughter.
16 · This verse (above)
17And I also will strike my palm against my palm, and I will bring to rest my fury. I, YHWH, have spoken.”