Ezekiel

Ezekiel 20:32

³²When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you	אַתֶּ֣ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
say	אֹמְרִ֗ים	’ō·mə·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Let us be	נִֽהְיֶ֤ה	nih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like the nations	כַגּוֹיִם֙	ḵag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
like the peoples	כְּמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת	kə·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural construct	H4940 clan
of the lands	הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת	hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H776 earth, land
serving	לְשָׁרֵ֖ת	lə·šā·rêṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H8334 minister, serve
wood	עֵ֥ץ	‘êṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H6086 tree, trees, wood
and stone	וָאָֽבֶן׃	wā·’ā·ḇen	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H68 stone
what you have in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
mind	ר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם	rū·ḥă·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
will never	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come to pass	תִֽהְיֶ֑ה	ṯih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.