Ezekiel 37:23

“And they will no longer defile themselves with their idols and with their detestable things and with all their transgressions; and I will save them from all their dwellings in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them, and they will be my people, and I will be their Elohim.”

Ezekiel 37:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 37:23, word by word

defile themselvesיִטַמְּאוּyitamu

be unclean

To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.

Where else “yitamu” appears
with their idolsגִלּוּלֵיgilule

idols

Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.

Where else “gilule” appears
and with their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse

detestable thing

Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.

Where else “shikutse” appears
their transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיpishe

transgression

A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.

Where else “pishe” appears
and I will saveהוֹשַׁעְתִּיhoshati

save

To rescue someone from danger.

Where else “hoshati” appears
their dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹתֵיmoshvote

dwelling

A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.

Where else “moshvote” appears
they have sinnedחָטְאוּchatu

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

Where else “chatu” appears
and I will cleanseטִהַרְתִּיtiharti

cleanse

To cleanse from sin.

Where else “tiharti” appears
and they will beהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “hayu” appears
my peopleעָםam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “am” appears
Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “lohim” appears

Translation note

“Dwellings”: so the Hebrew reads; with two letters in the other order it reads “apostasies.”

The context

22And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

23 · This verse (above)

24And my servant David will be king over them, and one shepherd there will be for all of them; and in my rules they will walk, and my statutes they will keep and do them.

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