And set itוְהַעֲמִידֶהָemptyרֵקָהon its coals,עַל גֶּחָלֶיהָso that it may get hotלְמַעַן תֵּחַםand its bronzeנְחֻשְׁתָּהּmay become red-hot,וְחָרָהand its uncleannessטֻמְאָתָהּmay meltוְנִתְּכָהin its midst,בְתוֹכָהּits rustחֶלְאָתָהּbe consumed.תִּתֻּם
Ezekiel 24:11
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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!