Ezekiel 44:7

“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.”

Ezekiel 44:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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