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Forכִּיher bloodדָמָהּis in her midst;בְּתוֹכָהּ הָיָהon the bare rockעַל צְחִיחַ סֶלַעshe put it;שָׂמָתְהוּshe did notלֹאpour it outשְׁפָכַתְהוּon the groundעַל הָאָרֶץto cover itלְכַסּוֹת עָלָיוwith dust.עָפָר
Ezekiel 24:7
Study it in the app“For 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 24:7, word by word
- her bloodדָמָdama
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dama” appears- is in her midstתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears- is in her midstהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- on the bare rockצְחִיחַtsechiach
bare, exposed place
A bare, open place, exposed to the sun.
Where else “tsechiach” appears- on the bare rockסֶלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- she put itשָׂמָתְsamat
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samat” appears- pour it outשְׁפָכַתְshefachat
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shefachat” appears- on the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- to cover itכַסּוֹתchasot
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chasot” appears- with dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears
The context
6Therefore 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8To bring up fury, to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, so that it may not be covered.