Ezekiel
Ezekiel 20:7
7And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And I said | וָאֹמַ֣ר | wā·’ō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| to them | אֲלֵהֶ֗ם | ’ă·lê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H413 motion to |
| Each of you | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| must throw away | הַשְׁלִ֔יכוּ | haš·lî·ḵū | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | H7993 throw, fling, cast |
| the abominations | שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י | šiq·qū·ṣê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H8251 detested thing |
| before his eyes | עֵינָיו֙ | ‘ê·nāw | Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
| and you must not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| defile yourselves | תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּ | tiṭ·ṭam·mā·’ū | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H2930 be or become unclean |
| with the idols | וּבְגִלּוּלֵ֥י | ū·ḇə·ḡil·lū·lê | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct | H1544 idols |
| of Egypt | מִצְרַ֖יִם | miṣ·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| I | אֲנִ֖י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H430 God |
Cross-references
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Leviticus 18:3 · Ezekiel 20:8 · Deuteronomy 29:16–18 · Leviticus 11:44 · Ezekiel 18:31 · Isaiah 2:20–21 · Ezekiel 23:8 · 2 Chronicles 15:8 · Exodus 20:4 · Ezekiel 14:6 · Ezekiel 6:9 · Isaiah 31:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.