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And I spokeוָאֲדַבֵּרto the peopleאֶל הָעָםin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרand my wifeאִשְׁתִּיdiedוַתָּמָתin the evening;בָּעָרֶבand I didוָאַעַשׂin the morningבַּבֹּקֶרasכַּאֲשֶׁרI had been commanded.צֻוֵּיתִי
Ezekiel 24:18
Study it in the app“And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening; and I did in the morning as I had been commanded.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 24:18, word by word
- And I spokeאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and my wifeאִשְׁתִּishti
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “ishti” appears- diedתָּמָתtamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamat” appears- in the eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears- and I didאַעַשׂaas
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “aas” appears- I had been commandedצֻוֵּיתִיtsuveti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsuveti” appears
The context
17Groan in silence; mourning for the dead you shall not make; your headdress bind on yourself, and your sandals put on your feet, and you shall not cover your mustache, and bread of men you shall not eat.”
18 · This verse (above)
19And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you are doing?”