Ezekiel 44:9

“Thus 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.”

Ezekiel 44:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 44:9, word by word

saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears
Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona

Adonai, Lord

"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.

Where else “adona” appears
YHWHיְהוִהyehvi

YHWH (with Adonai)

The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".

Where else “yehvi” appears
foreignerבֶּןben

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “ben” appears
foreignerנֵכָרnechar

foreign

What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.

Where else “nechar” appears
uncircumcisedעֶרֶלerel

uncircumcised

A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.

Where else “erel” appears
in heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears
in fleshבָּשָׂרbasar

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

Where else “basar” appears
shall enterיָבוֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “yavo” appears
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
is amongתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

Where else “toch” 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

The context

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.

9 · This verse (above)

10But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

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