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Butכִּי אִםthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםwhoאֲשֶׁרwent farרָחֲקוּfrom meמֵעָלַיwhen Israel went astray,בִּתְעוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרwent astrayתָּעוּfrom meמֵעָלַיafterאַחֲרֵיtheir idols,גִּלּוּלֵיהֶםthey shall bearוְנָשְׂאוּtheir iniquity.עֲוֺנָם
Ezekiel 44:10
Study it in the app“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 44:10, word by word
- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- went farרָחֲקוּrachaku
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “rachaku” appears- when Israel went astrayתְעוֹתteot
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “teot” appears- when Israel went astrayיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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- their idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears- they shall bearנָשְׂאוּnasu
bear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “nasu” appears- their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avona” appears
The context
9Thus says Adonai YHWH: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter my sanctuary, of any foreigner who is among the sons of Israel.
10 · This verse (above)
11And they shall be in my sanctuary ministers, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.