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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Defileטַמְּאוּthe house,הַבַּיִתand fillוּמַלְאוּthe courtsהַחֲצֵרוֹתwith slain.חֲלָלִיםGo out!”צֵאוּAnd they went outוְיָצְאוּand struckוְהִכּוּin the city.בָעִיר
Ezekiel 9:7
Study it in the app“And he said to them, “Defile the house, and fill the courts with slain. Go out!” And they went out and struck in the city.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 9:7, 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- “Defileטַמְּאוּtamu
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “tamu” appears- the houseבַּיִתbayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appears- and fillמַלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- the courtsחֲצֵרוֹתchatserot
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatserot” appears- with slainחֲלָלִיםchalalim
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalalim” appears- Go outצֵאוּtseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseu” appears- and struckהִכּוּhiku
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hiku” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8And it came about, while they were striking and I was left alone, that I fell on my face and cried out and said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Are you destroying all the remnant of Israel in pouring out your fury on Jerusalem?”