Ezekiel
Ezekiel 23:22
22Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side —
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | לָכֵ֣ן | lā·ḵên | Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| Oholibah | אָהֳלִיבָ֗ה | ’ā·ho·lî·ḇāh | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H172 Oholiba |
| this is what | כֹּֽה־ | kōh- | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִה֒ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַר֮ | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will incite | מֵעִ֤יר | mê·‘îr | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H5782 rouse oneself, awake |
| your lovers | מְאַהֲבַ֙יִךְ֙ | mə·’a·hă·ḇa·yiḵ | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H157 love |
| against you | עָלַ֔יִךְ | ‘ā·la·yiḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| those | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| from whom | נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ | nap̄·šêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| you turned away in disgust | נָקְעָ֥ה | nā·qə·‘āh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H5361 be [severed, figurative] alienated, estranged |
| And I will bring them | וַהֲבֵאתִ֥ים | wa·hă·ḇê·ṯîm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| against you | עָלַ֖יִךְ | ‘ā·la·yiḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| from every side | מִסָּבִֽיב׃ | mis·sā·ḇîḇ | Preposition-m; Adverb | H5439 circuit, round about |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.