Ezekiel
Ezekiel 20:11–12
11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances— for the man who does these things will live by them.a 12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Footnotes
- a 20:11 See Leviticus 18:5|LEV 18:5; also in Ezekiel 20:13 and 21.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Ezekiel 20:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And I gave | וָאֶתֵּ֤ן | wā·’et·tên | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| them | לָהֶם֙ | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| My statutes | חֻקּוֹתַ֔י | ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay | Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute |
| and made known | הוֹדַ֣עְתִּי | hō·w·ḏa‘·tî | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| to them | אוֹתָ֑ם | ’ō·w·ṯām | Direct object marker; third person masculine plural | H853 mark of the accusative |
| My ordinances | מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י | miš·pā·ṭay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H4941 judgment |
| for the man | הָאָדָ֖ם | hā·’ā·ḏām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| who | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| does | יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | ya·‘ă·śeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| will live | וָחַ֥י | wā·ḥay | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H2421 live |
| by them | בָּהֶֽם׃ | bā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural |
Ezekiel 20:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I also | וְגַ֤ם | wə·ḡam | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| gave | נָתַ֣תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| them | לָהֶ֔ם | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| My Sabbaths | שַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙ | šab·bə·ṯō·w·ṯay | Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular | H7676 Sabbath |
| as a sign | לְא֔וֹת | lə·’ō·wṯ | Preposition; Noun - common singular | H226 sign |
| between us | בֵּינִ֖י | bê·nî | Preposition; first person common singular | H996 interval, space between |
| so that they would know | לָדַ֕עַת | lā·ḏa·‘aṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3045 know |
| that | כִּ֛י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I | אֲנִ֥י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| who sanctifies them | מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃ | mə·qad·də·šām | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H6942 be set apart, consecrated |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 20:11 Romans 10:5 · Leviticus 18:5 · Luke 10:28 · Deuteronomy 4:8 · Galatians 3:12 · Psalm 147:19–20 · Nehemiah 9:13–14 · Ezekiel 20:13
Ezekiel 20:12 Ezekiel 20:20 · Ezekiel 37:28 · Leviticus 21:23 · 1 Thessalonians 5:23 · Leviticus 23:3 · Deuteronomy 5:12–15 · Exodus 20:8–11 · Mark 2:27–28 · Exodus 19:5–6 · Exodus 31:13–17
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.