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The fatהַחֵלֶבyou eat,תֹּאכֵלוּand with the woolוְ הַצֶּמֶרyou clothe yourselves;תִּלְבָּשׁוּthe fattenedהַבְּרִיאָהyou butcher;תִּזְבָּחוּthe flockהַצֹּאןyou do notלֹאfeed.תִרְעוּ
Ezekiel 34:3
Study it in the app“The fat you eat, and with the wool you clothe yourselves; the fattened you butcher; the flock you do not feed.”
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Ezekiel 34:3, word by word
- The fatחֵלֶבchelev
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appears- you eatתֹּאכֵלוּtochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appears- and with the woolצֶּמֶרtsemer
wool
Wool.
Where else “tsemer” appears- you clothe yourselvesתִּלְבָּשׁוּtilbashu
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “tilbashu” appears- the fattenedבְּרִיאָהberia
fat
Fat, well fed.
Where else “beria” appears- you butcherתִּזְבָּחוּtizbachu
slaughter
To slaughter an animal to eat.
Where else “tizbachu” appears- the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- feedתִרְעוּtiru
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “tiru” appears
Translation note
“The fat”: with other vowels, “the milk.”
The context
2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, to the shepherds, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?
3 · This verse (above)
4The weak you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not healed, and the broken you have not bound up, and the strayed you have not brought back, and the lost you have not sought; but with force you have ruled them, and with harshness.