Bribesשֹׁחַדthey have takenלָקְחוּin youבָךְto shedלְמַעַן שְׁפָךְblood;דָּםinterestנֶשֶׁךְand profitוְתַרְבִּיתyou have taken,לָקַחַתְּand you have despoiledוַתְּבַצְּעִיyour neighborsרֵעַיִךְwith exploitation,בַּעֹשֶׁקand meוְאֹתִיyou have forgotten,שָׁכַחַתְּdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִה
Ezekiel 22:12
Study it in the app“Bribes they have taken in you to shed blood; interest and profit you have taken, and you have despoiled your neighbors with exploitation, and me you have forgotten, declares Adonai YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 22:12, word by word
- Bribesשֹׁחַדshochad
bribe
Bribe: a gift given to a judge to twist his decision.
Where else “shochad” appears- they have takenלָקְחוּlakchu
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakchu” appears- to shedשְׁפָךְshefach
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shefach” appears- bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- interestנֶשֶׁךְneshech
interest
Interest: what is charged in addition on a loan.
Where else “neshech” appears- and profitתַרְבִּיתtarbit
interest (increase)
Gain charged in addition when a loan is repaid.
Where else “tarbit” appears- and you have despoiledתְּבַצְּעִיtevatsi
gain
To make gain by abuse, rob.
Where else “tevatsi” appears- your neighborsרֵעַיִreayi
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “reayi” appears- with exploitationעֹשֶׁקoshek
oppression, extortion
Oppression; what is gained by taking advantage of another.
Where else “oshek” appears- you have forgottenשָׁכַחַתְּshachachat
forget
Forget.
Where else “shachachat” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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
The context
11And one with the wife of his neighbor has committed abomination, and another his daughter-in-law has defiled with infamy, and another his sister, the daughter of his father, has humiliated in you.
12 · This verse (above)
13And look, I have struck my palm at your gain that you have made, and at your blood that has been in your midst.