And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםthis is the placeמְקוֹםof my throneכִּסְאִיand the placeוְ מְקוֹםof the solesכַּפּוֹתof my feet,רַגְלַיwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםI will dwellאֶשְׁכָּןin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלforever;לְעוֹלָםand the houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill no longerוְלֹא עוֹדdefileיְטַמְּאוּmy holyקָדְשִׁיname,שֵׁםtheyהֵמָּהand their kings,וּמַלְכֵיהֶםby their prostitutionבִּזְנוּתָםand by the corpsesוּבְפִגְרֵיof their kingsמַלְכֵיהֶםin their high places,בָּמוֹתָם
Ezekiel 43:7
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel forever; and the house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name, they and their kings, by their prostitution and by the corpses of their kings in their high places,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 43:7, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- this is the placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- of my throneכִּסְאִkisi
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kisi” appears- of the solesכַּפּוֹתkapot
sole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “kapot” appears- of my feetרַגְלַragla
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragla” appears- I will dwellאֶשְׁכָּןeshkan
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “eshkan” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” 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- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- and the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- defileיְטַמְּאוּyetamu
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “yetamu” appears- 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- and their kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- by their prostitutionזְנוּתָzenuta
prostitution, unfaithfulness
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenuta” appears- and by the corpsesפִגְרֵיfigre
carcass, corpse
Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.
Where else “figre” appears- in their high placesבָּמוֹתָbamota
high place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamota” appears
Translation note
“In their high places”: with other vowels, “in their death.”
The context
6And I heard one speaking to me from the house, and a man was standing beside me.
7 · This verse (above)
8by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost beside my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them; and they defiled my holy name by their abominations that they committed; so I consumed them in my anger.