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And to the othersוּלְאֵלֶּהhe saidאָמַרin my ears,בְּאָזְנַי“Passעִבְרוּthrough the cityבָעִירafter himאַחֲרָיוand strike;וְהַכּוּlet your eyeעֵינְכֶםnotאַלspare,תָּחֹסand do notוְאַלshow pity.תַּחְמֹלוּ
Ezekiel 9:5
Study it in the app“And to the others he said in my ears, “Pass through the city after him and strike; let your eye not spare, and do not show pity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 9:5, word by word
- he saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- in my earsאָזְנַazna
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azna” appears- “Passעִבְרוּivru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivru” appears- through the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and strikeהַכּוּhaku
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “haku” appears- let your eyeעֵינְen
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “en” appears- spareתָּחֹסtachos
pity, spare
Have pity, take compassion; spare. "Let your eye not pity" means do not worry about what you leave behind.
Where else “tachos” appears- show pityתַּחְמֹלוּtachmolu
have pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “tachmolu” appears
The context
4And YHWH said to him, “Pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are done in its midst.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Old man, young man, and virgin, and little ones, and women, kill to destruction; but any man on whom is the mark, do not come near; and from my sanctuary begin.” And they began with the men, the elders who were before the house.