But when I speakוּבְדַבְּרִיwith you,אוֹתְךָI will openאֶפְתַּחyour mouth,פִּיךָand you will sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH’:יְהֹוִהthe one who hears,הַשֹּׁמֵעַlet him hear;יִשְׁמָעand the one who stops hearing,וְהֶחָדֵלlet him stop;יֶחְדָּלforכִּיthey areהֵמָּהa rebelliousמְרִיhouse.בֵּית
Ezekiel 3:27
Study it in the app“But 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:27, word by word
- But when I speakדַבְּרִdabri
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabri” appears- I will openאֶפְתַּחeftach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “eftach” appears- your mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- and you will sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” 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- YHWH’יְהֹוִהyehovi
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 “yehovi” appears- the one who hearsשֹּׁמֵעַshomea
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shomea” appears- and the one who stops hearingחָדֵלchadel
refuse
One who will not do something and gives up.
Where else “chadel” appears- let him stopיֶחְדָּלyechdal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “yechdal” 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
26And 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.
27 · This verse (above)