And a widowוְאַלְמָנָהor a divorced womanוּגְרוּשָׁהthey shall notלֹאtakeיִקְחוּfor themselvesלָהֶםas wives,לְנָשִׁיםbutכִּי אִםvirginsבְּתוּלֹתof the offspringמִזֶּרַעof the houseבֵּיתof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלor the widowוְהָאַלְמָנָהwhoאֲשֶׁרisתִּהְיֶהthe widowאַלְמָנָהof a priestמִכֹּהֵןthey may take.יִקָּחוּ
Ezekiel 44:22
Study it in the app“And a widow or a divorced woman they shall not take for themselves as wives, but virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel; or the widow who is the widow of a priest they may take.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 44:22, word by word
- And a widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- or a divorced womanגְרוּשָׁהgerusha
divorced woman
A woman whose husband sent her away.
Where else “gerusha” appears- takeיִקְחוּyikchu
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikchu” appears- as wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- virginsבְּתוּלֹתbetulot
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulot” appears- of the offspringזֶּרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” 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- isתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- of a priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears
The context
21And no priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.
22 · This verse (above)
23And my people they shall teach the difference between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they shall make them know.