And my peopleוְאֶת עַמִּיthey shall teachיוֹרוּthe difference betweenבֵּיןholyקֹדֶשׁand common,לְחֹלand betweenוּבֵיןuncleanטָמֵאand cleanלְטָהוֹרthey shall make them know.יוֹדִעֻם
Ezekiel 44:23
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Ezekiel 44:23, word by word
- And my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- they shall teachיוֹרוּyoru
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “yoru” appears- holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- and commonחֹלchol
common
Common, for ordinary use: what is not set apart for God. It does not mean "bad".
Where else “chol” appears- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- and cleanטָהוֹרtahor
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tahor” appears- they shall make them knowיוֹדִעֻyodiu
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yodiu” appears
The context
22And 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24And in a dispute they shall stand to judge; according to my rules they shall judge it; and my instructions and my statutes in all my appointed times they shall keep, and my Sabbaths they shall sanctify.