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And I had pityוָאֶחְמֹלon my holyעַל קָדְשִׁיname,שֵׁםwhichאֲשֶׁרthe houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלprofanedחִלְּלוּהוּamong the nationsבַּגּוֹיִםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהthey went.בָּאוּ
Ezekiel 36:21
Study it in the app“And I had pity on my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 36:21, word by word
- And I had pityאֶחְמֹלechmol
have pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “echmol” appears- on my holyקָדְשִׁkadshi
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshi” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” 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- profanedחִלְּלוּchillu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chillu” appears- among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- they wentבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears
The context
20And they came to the nations where they went, and they profaned my holy name, when it was said of them, ‘These are the people of YHWH, and from his land they have gone out.’
21 · This verse (above)
22Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Not for your sake am I doing it, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.