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Look,הִנֵּהthe chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלeachאִישׁaccording to his arm,לִזְרֹעוֹhave beenהָיוּin youבָךְto shedלְמַעַן שְׁפָךְblood.דָּם
Ezekiel 22:6
Study it in the app“Look, the chiefs of Israel, each according to his arm, have been in you to shed blood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 22:6, word by word
- the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיnesie
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- according to his armזְרֹעzero
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zero” appears- have beenהָיוּhayu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” 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
The context
5Those near and those far from you will mock you, unclean of name, full of confusion.
6 · This verse (above)
7Father and mother they have despised in you; toward the resident alien they have acted with exploitation in your midst; the orphan and the widow they have oppressed in you.