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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלָי“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםgo,לֶךְcomeבֹּאto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand speakוְדִבַּרְתָּwith my wordsבִדְבָרַיto them.אֲלֵיהֶם
Ezekiel 3:4
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Son of man, go, come to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:4, 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- goלֶךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- comeבֹּאbo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bo” 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- and speakדִבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- with my wordsדְבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” appears
The context
3And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly and fill your insides with this scroll that I am giving you.” And I ate it, and it was in my mouth like honey for sweetness.
4 · This verse (above)
5For not to a people of obscure speech and heavy tongue are you sent, but to the house of Israel;