Ezekiel 23:47

“And the assembly will stone them with stones, and cut them down with their swords; their sons and their daughters they will kill, and their houses they will burn with fire.”

Ezekiel 23:47 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 23:47, word by word

And the assemblyקָהָלkahal

assembly

The people gathered before YHWH.

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will stoneרָגְמוּragmu

stone

Stone to death: kill someone by throwing stones at him; in the Law the whole people carried it out.

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with stonesאֶבֶןeven

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

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and cut them downבָרֵאvare

clear ground

To fell trees, open up a forest.

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with their swordsחַרְבוֹתָcharvota

sword

A sword; or war.

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their sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and their daughtersבְנוֹתֵיvenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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they will killיַהֲרֹגוּyaharogu

kill

Kill, slay.

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and their housesבָתֵּיvate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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they will burnיִשְׂרֹפוּyisrofu

burn

Burn; bake in the fire.

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with fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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The context

46For thus says Adonai YHWH: Bring up against them an assembly, and give them over to dread and to plunder.

47 · This verse (above)

48And I will put an end to infamy in the land, and all the women will take correction, and they will not act according to your infamy.

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