Ezekiel 33:32

“And 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.”

Ezekiel 33:32 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 33:32, word by word

like a songשִׁירshir

song

A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.

Where else “shir” appears
of loveעֲגָבִיםagavim

lustful love

Love, words or desire of passionate love.

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beautifulיְפֵהyefe

beautiful

Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.

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of voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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and one who plays wellמֵטִבmetiv

do good

To act with kindness, to do something good for someone.

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and one who plays wellנַגֵּןnagen

play strings

Play a stringed instrument, plucking the strings with the fingers, as on a lyre; also make music in general.

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and they hearשָׁמְעוּshamu

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

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your wordsדְּבָרֶיdevare

word

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

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doעֹשִׂיםosim

do

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

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The context

31And 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.

32 · This verse (above)

33And when it comes —look, it is coming— they will know that a prophet has been in their midst.”

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