Ezekiel 33:31

“And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they profess love, but after their gain their heart goes.”

Ezekiel 33:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 33:31, word by word

And they comeיָבוֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “yavou” appears
as people comeמְבוֹאmevo

entrance

The place through which one enters a city, a house or a place of work.

Where else “mevo” appears
as people comeעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
and they sitיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

Where else “yeshvu” appears
before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fane” appears
and they hearשָׁמְעוּshamu

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “shamu” appears
your wordsדְּבָרֶיdevare

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devare” appears
doיַעֲשׂוּyaasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “yaasu” appears
with their mouthפִיfi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

Where else “fi” appears
loveעֲגָבִיםagavim

lustful love

Love, words or desire of passionate love.

Where else “agavim” appears
but after their gainבִצְעָvitsa

gain, profit

Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.

Where else “vitsa” appears
their heartלִבָּliba

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “liba” appears
goesהֹלֵךְholech

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

Where else “holech” appears

The context

30And you, son of man, the sons of your people who are talking about you beside the walls and in the doorways of the houses, and one speaks with another, each with his brother, saying, ‘Come, please, and hear what is the word that comes out from YHWH.’

31 · This verse (above)

32And look, you are to them like a song of love, beautiful of voice and one who plays well; and they hear your words, but they do not do them.

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