when you broughtבַּהֲבִיאֲכֶםforeigners,בְּנֵי נֵכָרuncircumcisedעַרְלֵיin heartלֵבand uncircumcisedוְעַרְלֵיin flesh,בָשָׂרto beלִהְיוֹתin my sanctuary,בְּמִקְדָּשִׁיto profane it,לְחַלְּלוֹmy house,בֵּיתִיwhen you presentedבְּהַקְרִיבְכֶםmy bread,אֶת לַחְמִיfatחֵלֶבand blood;וָדָםand they brokeוַיָּפֵרוּmy covenantאֶת בְּרִיתִיby allאֶל כָּלyour abominations.תּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיכֶם
Ezekiel 44:7
Study it in the app“when you brought foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, my house, when you presented my bread, fat and blood; and they broke my covenant by all your abominations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 44:7, word by word
- when you broughtהֲבִיאֲhavia
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havia” appears- foreignersבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- foreignersנֵכָרnechar
foreign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appears- uncircumcisedעַרְלֵיarle
uncircumcised
A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.
Where else “arle” appears- in heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- in fleshבָשָׂרvasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vasar” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- in my sanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁmikdashi
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” appears- to profane itחַלְּלchall
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “chall” appears- my houseבֵּיתִbeti
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “beti” appears- when you presentedהַקְרִיבְhakriv
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hakriv” appears- my breadלַחְמִlachmi
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachmi” appears- fatחֵלֶבchelev
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appears- and bloodדָםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- and they brokeיָּפֵרוּyaferu
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “yaferu” appears- my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- your abominationsתּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיtoavote
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.
Where else “toavote” appears
The context
6And say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Enough for you of all your abominations, house of Israel,
7 · This verse (above)
8And you have not kept the charge of my holy things, but you have set them as keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.