Ezekiel 3:26

“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.”

Ezekiel 3:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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who reprovesמוֹכִיחַmochiach

rebuke

To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.

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a rebelliousמְרִיmeri

rebellion

Rebellion. "Sons of rebellion" are rebels.

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houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

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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.

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