Ezekiel

Ezekiel 36:17

¹⁷“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of man	אָדָ֗ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
when the people	בֵּ֤ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
lived	יֹשְׁבִ֣ים	yō·šə·ḇîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
their land	אַדְמָתָ֔ם	’aḏ·mā·ṯām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H127 ground, land
they defiled	וַיְטַמְּא֣וּ	way·ṭam·mə·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2930 be or become unclean
it	אוֹתָ֔הּ	’ō·w·ṯāh	Direct object marker; third person feminine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
by their own ways	בְּדַרְכָּ֖ם	bə·ḏar·kām	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
and deeds	וּבַעֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם	ū·ḇa·‘ă·lî·lō·w·ṯām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5949 wantonness, deed
Their behavior	דַרְכָּ֖ם	ḏar·kām	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
before Me	לְפָנָֽי׃	lə·p̄ā·nāy	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before
was	הָיְתָ֥ה	hā·yə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like the uncleanness	כְּטֻמְאַת֙	kə·ṭum·’aṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2932 uncleanness
of a	הַנִּדָּ֔ה	han·nid·dāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5079 impurity

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 2:7 · Micah 2:10 · Numbers 35:33–34 · Isaiah 24:5 · Leviticus 15:19–33 · Jeremiah 16:18 · Isaiah 64:6 · Psalm 106:37–38 · Leviticus 18:24–28 · Jeremiah 3:9 · Jeremiah 3:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.