Ezekiel 24:11

“And set it empty on its coals, so that it may get hot and its bronze may become red-hot, and its uncleanness may melt in its midst, its rust be consumed.”

Ezekiel 24:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 24:11, word by word

And set itהַעֲמִידֶhaamide

appoint

To put in place, name to a post.

Where else “haamide” appears
emptyרֵקָהreka

empty

Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.

Where else “reka” appears
on its coalsגֶּחָלֶיgechale

coal, ember

A coal: a burning piece of wood or charcoal.

Where else “gechale” appears
so that it may get hotתֵּחַםtecham

grow hot

For the body or heart to feel heat, sometimes of anger.

Where else “techam” appears
and its bronzeנְחֻשְׁתָּnechushta

bronze

Bronze, or things made of bronze.

Where else “nechushta” appears
may become red-hotחָרָהchara

scorch

To be dried, scorched or blackened by fire or heat.

Where else “chara” appears
and its uncleannessטֻמְאָתָtumata

filth

The moral filth that sin leaves and that God cleans.

Where else “tumata” appears
may meltנִתְּכָהnitcha

melt

To melt metal in the fire until it flows.

Where else “nitcha” appears
in its midstתוֹכָtocha

inside

The inside of a place or an enclosed space.

Where else “tocha” appears
its rustחֶלְאָתָchelata

rust, corrosion

Rust, the crust that stains a pot.

Where else “chelata” appears
be consumedתִּתֻּםtitum

be consumed

To be completely destroyed.

Where else “titum” appears

The context

10Heap up the wood, kindle the fire, finish the meat, and mix the spices, and let the bones be charred.

11 · This verse (above)

12With toils it has wearied; and its great rust does not go out of it; into the fire with its rust!

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