Ezekiel 25:6

“For thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you clapped your hand and stamped with your foot and rejoiced with all your contempt of soul against the ground of Israel,”

Ezekiel 25:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 25:6, 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
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

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 “yehvi” appears
you clappedמַחְאֲmacha

clap

To clap the hands, to strike one hand against the other as a sign of joy.

Where else “macha” appears
your handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
and stampedרַקְעֲraka

stamp

To stamp the ground with the foot, as a gesture of grief or victory.

Where else “raka” appears
with your footרָגֶלragel

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragel” appears
and rejoicedתִּשְׂמַחtismach

rejoice

To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.

Where else “tismach” appears
your contemptשָׁאטְshat

contempt

Contempt, pushing another aside with disdain.

Where else “shat” appears
of soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

Where else “nefesh” appears
against the groundאַדְמַתadmat

soil

Farmland, or dust.

Where else “admat” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears

The context

5And I will make Rabbah a fold for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks; and you will know that I am YHWH.

6 · This verse (above)

7therefore, look, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will give you as plunder to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will exterminate you; and you will know that I am YHWH.

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