Forכִּיthey have committed adultery,נִאֵפוּand bloodוְדָםis on their hands;בִּידֵיהֶןand with their idolsוְאֶת גִּלּוּלֵיהֶןthey have committed adultery;נִאֵפוּand evenוְגַםtheir sonsאֶת בְּנֵיהֶןwhomאֲשֶׁרthey had borneיָלְדוּto meלִיthey have made them passהֶעֱבִירוּto themלָהֶםas food.לְאָכְלָה
Ezekiel 23:37
Study it in the app“For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; and with their idols they have committed adultery; and even their sons whom they had borne to me they have made them pass to them as food.”
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Ezekiel 23:37, word by word
- they have committed adulteryנִאֵפוּniefu
be unfaithful
Israel being unfaithful to God with idols.
Where else “niefu” appears- and bloodדָםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- is on their handsידֵיyde
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yde” appears- and with their idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- their sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- they had borneיָלְדוּyaldu
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaldu” appears- they have made them passהֶעֱבִירוּheeviru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “heeviru” appears- as foodאָכְלָהachla
fuel
What fire or wild beasts eat up.
Where else “achla” appears
Translation note
“They have made [them] pass”: in 20:31 the same expression has “through the fire.”
The context
36And YHWH said to me, Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
37 · This verse (above)
38Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on that day, and my Sabbaths they have profaned.