by settingבְּתִתָּםtheir thresholdסִפָּםby my thresholdאֶת סִפִּיand their doorpostוּמְזוּזָתָםbesideאֵצֶלmy doorpost,מְזוּזָתִיwith only the wallוְהַקִּירbetween meבֵּינִיand them;וּבֵינֵיהֶםand they defiledוְטִמְּאוּmy holyקָדְשִׁיnameשֵׁםby their abominationsבְּתוֹעֲבוֹתָםthatאֲשֶׁרthey committed;עָשׂוּso I consumedוָאֲכַלthemאֹתָםin my anger.בְּאַפִּי
Ezekiel 43:8
Study it in the app“by 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 43:8, word by word
- by settingתִתָּtita
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “tita” appears- their thresholdסִפָּsipa
threshold
The low part of a doorway, which one steps over on entering.
Where else “sipa” appears- and their doorpostמְזוּזָתָmezuzata
doorpost
Doorpost: each of the two side posts of a door frame.
Where else “mezuzata” appears- besideאֵצֶלetsel
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appears- with only the wallקִּירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- and they defiledטִמְּאוּtimu
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “timu” 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- by their abominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתָtoavota
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toavota” appears- they committedעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- so I consumedאֲכַלachal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achal” appears- in my angerאַפִּapi
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “api” appears
The context
7And 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,
8 · This verse (above)
9Now let them put far away their prostitution and the corpses of their kings from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.