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Like diamond,כְּשָׁמִירharderחָזָקthan flint,מִצֹּרI have madeנָתַתִּיyour forehead;מִצְחֶךָdo notלֹאfearתִירָאthem,אוֹתָםand do notוְלֹאbe dismayedתֵחַתat their faces,מִפְּנֵיהֶםforכִּיthey areהֵמָּהa rebelliousמְרִיhouse.”בֵּית
Ezekiel 3:9
Study it in the app“Like diamond, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them, and do not be dismayed at their faces, for they are a rebellious house.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 3:9, word by word
- Like diamondשָׁמִירshamir
diamond
An extremely hard stone used to engrave or cut.
Where else “shamir” appears- harderחָזָקchazak
hard
Unbending, stubborn, or very harsh.
Where else “chazak” appears- than flintצֹּרtsor
flint
Flint: a hard, sharp stone used as a knife.
Where else “tsor” appears- I have madeנָתַתִּיnatati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “natati” appears- your foreheadמִצְחֶmitsche
forehead
Forehead.
Where else “mitsche” appears- fearתִירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- be dismayedתֵחַתtechat
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techat” appears- at their facesפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” 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
8Look, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
9 · This verse (above)
10And he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I speak to you, take them into your heart, and with your ears hear them.