“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםthe houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwas livingיֹשְׁבִיםon their ground,עַל אַדְמָתָםand they defiledוַיְטַמְּאוּitאוֹתָהּby their wayבְּדַרְכָּםand by their deeds;וּבַעֲלִילוֹתָםlike the uncleannessכְּטֻמְאַתof menstruationהַנִּדָּהwasהָיְתָהtheir wayדַרְכָּםbefore me.לְפָנָי
Ezekiel 36:17
Study it in the app““Son of man, the house of Israel was living on their ground, and they defiled it by their way and by their deeds; like the uncleanness of menstruation was their way before me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 36:17, word by word
- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- was livingיֹשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- on their groundאַדְמָתָadmata
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admata” appears- and they defiledיְטַמְּאוּyetamu
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “yetamu” appears- by their wayדַרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears- and by their deedsעֲלִילוֹתָalilota
deed
What someone does, above all his deeds, good or bad, which others can see.
Where else “alilota” appears- like the uncleannessטֻמְאַתtumat
filth
The moral filth that sin leaves and that God cleans.
Where else “tumat” appears- of menstruationנִּדָּהnida
menstruation
A woman's monthly bleeding and the uncleanness it brought.
Where else “nida” appears- wasהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- before meפָנָfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears
The context
16And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
17 · This verse (above)
18And I poured out my fury on them for the blood that they shed on the land, and with their idols they defiled it.