Ezekiel 36:17

““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.”

Ezekiel 36:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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