And your tongueוּלְשׁוֹנְךָI will make clingאַדְבִּיקto the roof of your mouth,אֶל חִכֶּךָand you will be mute,וְנֶאֱלַמְתָּand you will notוְלֹאbeתִהְיֶהto themלָהֶםa manלְאִישׁwho reproves,מוֹכִיחַforכִּיthey areהֵמָּהa rebelliousמְרִיhouse.בֵּית
Ezekiel 3:26
Study it in the app“And your tongue I will make cling to the roof of your mouth, and you will be mute, and you will not be to them a man who reproves, for they are a rebellious house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:26, word by word
- And your tongueלְשׁוֹנְleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears- I will make clingאַדְבִּיקadbik
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “adbik” appears- to the roof of your mouthחִכֶּchike
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chike” appears- and you will be muteנֶאֱלַמְתָּneelamta
be mute
To lose one's voice, from pain, astonishment or a command of God.
Where else “neelamta” appears- beתִהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who reprovesמוֹכִיחַmochiach
rebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “mochiach” appears- a rebelliousמְרִיmeri
rebellion
Rebellion. "Sons of rebellion" are rebels.
Where else “meri” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears
The context
25And you, son of man, look, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, and you will not go out among them.
26 · This verse (above)
27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH’: the one who hears, let him hear; and the one who stops hearing, let him stop; for they are a rebellious house.