ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH:יְהוִהNoכָּל לֹאforeigner,בֶּן נֵכָרuncircumcisedעֶרֶלin heartלֵבand uncircumcisedוְעֶרֶלin flesh,בָּשָׂרshall enterיָבוֹאmy sanctuary,אֶל מִקְדָּשִׁיof anyלְכָלforeignerבֶּן נֵכָרwhoאֲשֶׁרis amongבְּתוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ezekiel 44:9
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.