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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםwhatאֲשֶׁרyou find,תִּמְצָאeat;אֱכוֹלeatאֱכוֹלthisהַזֹּאתscroll,הַמְּגִלָּהand go,וְלֵךְspeakדַּבֵּרto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof Israel.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 3:1
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Son of man, what you find, eat; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:1, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- you findתִּמְצָאtimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timtsa” appears- eatאֱכוֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- scrollמְּגִלָּהmegila
scroll
Scroll: a long strip of skin or papyrus, written and rolled up; this was the form of books.
Where else “megila” appears- and goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” 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
1 · This verse (above)
2And I opened my mouth, and he made me eat this scroll.