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Nowעַתָּהlet them put far awayיְרַחֲקוּtheir prostitutionזְנוּתָםand the corpsesוּפִגְרֵיof their kingsמַלְכֵיהֶםfrom me,מִמֶּנִּיand I will dwellוְשָׁכַנְתִּיin their midstבְתוֹכָםforever.לְעוֹלָם
Ezekiel 43:9
Study it in the app“Now let them put far away their prostitution and the corpses of their kings from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 43:9, word by word
- let them put far awayיְרַחֲקוּyerachaku
remove
To put something far away, remove it from oneself or from another.
Where else “yerachaku” appears- their prostitutionזְנוּתָzenuta
prostitution, unfaithfulness
Prostitution; figuratively, unfaithfulness to God.
Where else “zenuta” appears- and the corpsesפִגְרֵיfigre
carcass, corpse
Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.
Where else “figre” appears- of their kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- and I will dwellשָׁכַנְתִּיshachanti
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shachanti” appears- in their midstתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10You, son of man, declare to the house of Israel the house, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the proportion.