And they will no longerוְלֹא עוֹדdefile themselvesיִטַמְּאוּwith their idolsבְּגִלּוּלֵיהֶםand with their detestable thingsוּבְשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶםand with allוּבְכֹלtheir transgressions;פִּשְׁעֵיהֶםand I will saveוְהוֹשַׁעְתִּיthemאֹתָםfrom allמִכֹּלtheir dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹתֵיהֶםin whichאֲשֶׁר בָהֶםthey have sinned,חָטְאוּand I will cleanseוְטִהַרְתִּיthem,אוֹתָםand they will beוְהָיוּmy people,לִי לְעָםand Iוַאֲנִיwill beאֶהְיֶהtheirלָהֶםElohim.לֵאלֹהִים
Ezekiel 37:23
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.