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And your altarsוְ מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶםwill be desolate,נָשַׁמּוּand your incense altarsוְ חַמָּנֵיכֶםwill be broken,נִשְׁבְּרוּand I will cast downוְהִפַּלְתִּיyour slainחַלְלֵיכֶםbeforeלִפְנֵיyour idols.גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם
Ezekiel 6:4
Study it in the app“And your altars will be desolate, and your incense altars will be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 6:4, word by word
- And your altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתֵיmizbchote
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchote” appears- will be desolateנָשַׁמּוּnashamu
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “nashamu” appears- and your incense altarsחַמָּנֵיchamane
incense altar
An altar or pillar for burning incense to false gods.
Where else “chamane” appears- will be brokenנִשְׁבְּרוּnishbru
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishbru” appears- and I will cast downהִפַּלְתִּיhipalti
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hipalti” appears- your slainחַלְלֵיchalle
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “challe” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- your idolsגִּלּוּלֵיgilule
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilule” appears
The context
3and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of Adonai YHWH! Thus says Adonai YHWH to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Look, I myself am bringing upon you a sword, and I will destroy your high places.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I will lay the corpses of the sons of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.