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Menאַנְשֵׁיof gossipרָכִילhave beenהָיוּin youבָךְto shedלְמַעַן שְׁפָךְblood;דָּםand on the mountainsוְאֶל הֶהָרִיםthey have eatenאָכְלוּin you;בָךְinfamyזִמָּהthey have committedעָשׂוּin your midst.בְתוֹכֵךְ
Ezekiel 22:9
Study it in the app“Men of gossip have been in you to shed blood; and on the mountains they have eaten in you; infamy they have committed in your midst.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 22:9, word by word
- Menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of gossipרָכִילrachil
slanderer
Gossip, slander; one who goes about telling things about others.
Where else “rachil” 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- and on the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- they have eatenאָכְלוּachlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achlu” appears- infamyזִמָּהzima
lewdness
A shameful deed, especially sexual.
Where else “zima” appears- they have committedעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- in your midstתוֹכֵtoche
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toche” appears
The context
8My holy things you have despised, and my Sabbaths you have profaned.
9 · This verse (above)
10The nakedness of their father they have uncovered in you; the one unclean in her menstruation they have humiliated in you.