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Moreoverעוֹדthisזֹאתthey have doneעָשׂוּto me:לִיthey have defiledטִמְּאוּmy sanctuaryאֶת מִקְדָּשִׁיon that day,בַּיּוֹם הַהוּאand my Sabbathsוְאֶת שַׁבְּתוֹתַיthey have profaned.חִלֵּלוּ
Ezekiel 23:38
Study it in the app“Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on that day, and my Sabbaths they have profaned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 23:38, word by word
- they have doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- they have defiledטִמְּאוּtimu
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “timu” appears- my sanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁmikdashi
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and my Sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַshabtota
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabtota” appears- they have profanedחִלֵּלוּchilelu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chilelu” appears
The context
37For 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.
38 · This verse (above)
39And when they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came into my sanctuary on that day to profane it; and look, thus they have done in the midst of my house.