And I said,וָאֹמַר“Ah,אֲהָהּAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH!יְהוִהLook,הִנֵּהmy soulנַפְשִׁיhas notלֹאbeen defiled;מְטֻמָּאָהa carcassוּנְבֵלָהor what was torn by beastsוּטְרֵפָהI have notלֹאeatenאָכַלְתִּיfrom my youthמִנְּעוּרַיuntilוְעַדnow,עַתָּהand noוְלֹאrepulsiveפִּגּוּלmeatבְּשַׂרhas comeבָאinto my mouth.”בְּפִי
Ezekiel 4:14
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 4:14, word by word
- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Ahאֲהָהּahah
alas
Alas!: a cry of pain or distress.
Where else “ahah” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- been defiledמְטֻמָּאָהmetumaa
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “metumaa” appears- a carcassנְבֵלָהnevela
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nevela” appears- or what was torn by beastsטְרֵפָהterefa
torn animal
An animal torn by a wild beast.
Where else “terefa” appears- eatenאָכַלְתִּיachalti
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalti” appears- from my youthנְּעוּרַneura
youth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neura” appears- repulsiveפִּגּוּלpigul
repulsive thing
Something repulsive: sacrificial meat that may no longer be eaten because its time limit has passed.
Where else “pigul” appears- meatבְּשַׂרbesar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “besar” appears- has comeבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- into my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
The context
13And YHWH said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will drive them.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And he said to me, “See, I have given you the dung of cattle instead of the dung of humans, and you will make your bread on it.”