Thereforeלָכֵןsayאֱמֹרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהֹוִהYou eatתֹּאכֵלוּwith the blood,עַל הַדָּםand you liftוְ תִּשְׂאוּyour eyesעֵינֵכֶםto your idols,אֶל גִּלּוּלֵיכֶםand you shedוְ תִּשְׁפֹּכוּblood;דָםand will you possessוְ תִּירָשׁוּthe land?הָאָרֶץ
Ezekiel 33:25
Study it in the app“Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: You eat with the blood, and you lift your eyes to your idols, and you shed blood; and will you possess the land?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 33:25, word by word
- sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” 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- YHWHיְהֹוִהyehovi
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- You eatתֹּאכֵלוּtochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appears- with the bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- and you liftתִּשְׂאוּtisu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisu” appears- your eyesעֵינֵene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- to your idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- and you shedתִּשְׁפֹּכוּtishpochu
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “tishpochu” appears- and will you possessתִּירָשׁוּtirashu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “tirashu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
24“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins on the ground of Israel are saying thus: ‘Abraham was one, and he possessed the land; and we are many; to us the land has been given as a possession.’
25 · This verse (above)
26You have stood on your sword, you have committed abomination, and each has defiled the wife of his neighbor; and will you possess the land?’