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“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםa watchmanצֹפֶהI have made youנְתַתִּיךָfor the houseלְבֵיתof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלyou will hearוְשָׁמַעְתָּa wordדָּבָרfrom my mouth,מִפִּיand you will warnוְהִזְהַרְתָּthemאוֹתָםfrom me.מִמֶּנִּי
Ezekiel 3:17
Study it in the app““Son of man, a watchman I have made you for the house of Israel; you will hear a word from my mouth, and you will warn them from me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:17, word by word
- “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- a watchmanצֹפֶהtsofe
watchman
One who stands guard on the wall.
Where else “tsofe” appears- I have made youנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- for the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” 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- you will hearשָׁמַעְתָּshamata
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamata” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- from my mouthפִּpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- and you will warnהִזְהַרְתָּhizharta
warn
To alert someone to danger, instruct them.
Where else “hizharta” appears
The context
16And it came about at the end of seven days that the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
17 · This verse (above)
18When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him and do not speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way to keep him alive, that wicked man will die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand.