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And YHWHיְהוָהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thusכָּכָהwill the sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלeatיֹאכְלוּtheir breadלַחְמָםuncleanטָמֵאamong the nationsבַּגּוֹיִםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםI will drive them.”אַדִּיחֵם
Ezekiel 4:13
Study it in the app“And YHWH said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will drive them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 4:13, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- will the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- eatיֹאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- their breadלַחְמָlachma
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachma” appears- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- I will drive themאַדִּיחֵadiche
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “adiche” appears
The context
12And as a barley cake you will eat it; and it you will bake on dung of human excrement before their eyes.”
13 · This verse (above)
14And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, my soul has not been defiled; a carcass or what was torn by beasts I have not eaten from my youth until now, and no repulsive meat has come into my mouth.”