And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםlift upשָׂא נָאyour eyesעֵינֶיךָtoward the north.”דֶּרֶךְ צָפוֹנָהAnd I lifted upוָאֶשָּׂאmy eyesעֵינַיtoward the north,דֶּרֶךְ צָפוֹנָהand look,וְהִנֵּהnorthמִצָּפוֹןof the gateלְשַׁעַרof the altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַwas thisהַזֶּהstatueסֵמֶלof jealousyהַקִּנְאָהat the entrance.בַּבִּאָה
Ezekiel 8:5
Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes toward the north.” And I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and look, north of the gate of the altar was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 8:5, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of manאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- lift upשָׂאsa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sa” appears- your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- toward the northדֶּרֶךְderech
direction
Where one is going or facing; the heading of something.
Where else “derech” appears- toward the northצָפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- of the gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- statueסֵמֶלsemel
image, figure
Image, figure: an image made to be worshiped.
Where else “semel” appears- of jealousyקִּנְאָהkina
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appears- at the entranceבִּאָהbia
entrance
The entrance of a building.
Where else “bia” appears
The context
4And look, there was the glory of the Elohim of Israel, like the appearance that I saw in the plain.
5 · This verse (above)
6And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel is doing here, to go far from my sanctuary? And yet you will again see great abominations.”