Ezekiel 24:6

“Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Woe to the city of bloodshed, a pot whose rust is in it, and its rust has not gone out of it! By its pieces, by its pieces take it out; no lot has fallen on it.”

Ezekiel 24:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 24:6, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears
Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehovi” appears
Woeאוֹיoy

woe, alas

Woe! A cry of lament or a warning of disaster.

Where else “oy” appears
to the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “ir” appears
of bloodshedדָּמִיםdamim

bloodguilt

A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.

Where else “damim” appears
a potסִירsir

pot

A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.

Where else “sir” appears
rustחֶלְאָתָchelata

rust, corrosion

Rust, the crust that stains a pot.

Where else “chelata” appears
gone outיָצְאָהyatsa

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “yatsa” appears
By its piecesנְתָחֶיnetache

piece

A piece, a cut of meat.

Where else “netache” appears
lotגּוֹרָלgoral

lot

Small stones cast to decide something.

Where else “goral” appears
has fallenנָפַלnafal

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “nafal” appears

The context

5Take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones under it; let its boiling boil; also let its bones be cooked in its midst.

6 · This verse (above)

7For her blood is in her midst; on the bare rock she put it; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.

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