And the beautyוּצְבִיof its ornamentעֶדְיוֹthey setשָׂמָהוּfor pride,לְגָאוֹןand the imagesוְצַלְמֵיof their abominations,תוֹעֲבֹתָםtheir detestable things,שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶםthey madeעָשׂוּwith it;בוֹthereforeעַל כֵּןI have made itנְתַתִּיוfor themלָהֶםan impurity.לְנִדָּה
Ezekiel 7:20
Study it in the app“And the beauty of its ornament they set for pride, and the images of their abominations, their detestable things, they made with it; therefore I have made it for them an impurity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 7:20, word by word
- And the beautyצְבִיtsevi
splendor
What gives splendor: "the glorious land".
Where else “tsevi” appears- of its ornamentעֶדְיedy
ornaments
Ornaments, jewelry worn on the body.
Where else “edy” appears- they setשָׂמָsama
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sama” appears- for prideגָאוֹןgaon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “gaon” appears- and the imagesצַלְמֵיtsalme
image
What shows what another is like; humans reflect God.
Where else “tsalme” appears- of their abominationsתוֹעֲבֹתָtoavota
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 “toavota” appears- their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse
detestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikutse” appears- they madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- I have made itנְתַתִּיnetati
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netati” appears- an impurityנִדָּהnida
impurity
Something defiling; or water for cleansing.
Where else “nida” appears
The context
19Their silver into the streets they will throw, and their gold will be as impurity; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHWH; their appetite they will not satisfy, and their insides they will not fill, for it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.
20 · This verse (above)
21And I will give it into the hand of the strangers as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it.