Ezekiel 6:13

“And you will know that I am YHWH, when their slain are among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every leafy tree, and under every dense oak, the place where they gave a pleasing aroma to all their idols.”

Ezekiel 6:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 6:13, word by word

And you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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their slainחַלְלֵיchalle

slain

Someone killed or wounded in war.

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areהְיוֹתheot

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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amongתוֹךְtoch

midst

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

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their idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule

idols

Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.

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aroundסְבִיבוֹתsevivot

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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their altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתֵיmizbchote

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

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highרָמָהrama

be high

To be up above, raised in honor.

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hillגִּבְעָהgiva

hill

Hill.

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the topsרָאשֵׁיrashe

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

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of the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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leafyרַעֲנָןraanan

green, leafy

Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.

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treeעֵץets

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

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denseעֲבֻתָּהavuta

leafy

Leafy, thick with branches and leaves intertwined.

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oakאֵלָהela

great tree, terebinth

A large, strong tree: an oak or terebinth.

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the placeמְקוֹםmekom

place

A place, a spot.

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they gaveנָתְנוּnatnu

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a pleasingנִיחֹחַnichoach

pleasing, soothing

Pleasing, soothing. "A pleasing aroma" is the way of saying that God receives a sacrifice with favor.

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aromaרֵיחַreach

aroma, smell

Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.

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The context

12The one who is far off will die by pestilence, and the one who is near will fall by the sword, and the one who remains and is besieged will die by famine; and I will spend my fury on them.

13 · This verse (above)

14And I will stretch out my hand against them, and make the land a desolation and a horror more than the wilderness of Diblah, in all their dwelling places; and they will know that I am YHWH.”

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