Ezekiel 43:8

“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.”

Ezekiel 43:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 43:8, word by word

by settingתִתָּtita

put

To place something somewhere.

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their thresholdסִפָּsipa

threshold

The low part of a doorway, which one steps over on entering.

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and their doorpostמְזוּזָתָmezuzata

doorpost

Doorpost: each of the two side posts of a door frame.

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besideאֵצֶלetsel

beside

Beside, next to.

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with only the wallקִּירkir

wall

The wall of a house or a city.

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and they defiledטִמְּאוּtimu

defile

To make someone or something unclean.

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my holyקָדְשִׁkadshi

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

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nameשֵׁםshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

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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.

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they committedעָשׂוּasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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so I consumedאֲכַלachal

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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in my angerאַפִּapi

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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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.

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