ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהֹוִהWoeאוֹיto the cityעִירof bloodshed,הַדָּמִיםa potסִירwhoseאֲשֶׁרrustחֶלְאָתָהis in it,בָהּand its rustוְחֶלְאָתָהּhas notלֹאgone outיָצְאָהof it!מִמֶּנָּהBy its pieces,לִנְתָחֶיהָby its piecesלִנְתָחֶיהָtake it out;הוֹצִיאָהּnoלֹאlotגּוֹרָלhas fallenנָפַלon it.עָלֶיהָ
Ezekiel 24:6
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.