Those nearהַקְּרֹבוֹתand those farוְהָרְחֹקוֹתfrom youמִמֵּךְwill mockיִתְקַלְּסוּyou,בָךְuncleanטְמֵאַתof name,הַשֵּׁםfullרַבַּתof confusion.הַמְּהוּמָה
Ezekiel 22:5
Study it in the app“Those near and those far from you will mock you, unclean of name, full of confusion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 22:5, word by word
- Those nearקְּרֹבוֹתkerovot
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerovot” appears- and those farרְחֹקוֹתrechokot
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechokot” appears- will mockיִתְקַלְּסוּyitkalsu
mock, scoff
Mock, scoff at someone, hold him in contempt.
Where else “yitkalsu” appears- uncleanטְמֵאַתtemeat
defiled
Stained by sin: "unclean lips".
Where else “temeat” appears- of nameשֵּׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- fullרַבַּתrabat
much
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “rabat” appears- of confusionמְּהוּמָהmehuma
confusion, panic
Confusion: disorder and panic that make an army flee.
Where else “mehuma” appears
The context
4By your blood that you have shed you have become guilty, and by your idols that you have made you have become unclean; and you have brought near your days and you have come to your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
5 · This verse (above)
6Look, the chiefs of Israel, each according to his arm, have been in you to shed blood.