Ezekiel

Ezekiel 4:13–14

13Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself.c From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Footnotes

  • c 4:14 Hebrew “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “Behold, my soul has never been made unclean.

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Ezekiel 4:13

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
This is howכָּ֣כָהkā·ḵāhAdverbH3602 thus
the Israelitesבְנֵֽי־ḇə·nê-Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
will eatיֹאכְל֧וּyō·ḵə·lūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH398 eat
their defiledטָמֵ֑אṭā·mêAdjective - masculine singularH2931 unclean
breadלַחְמָ֖םlaḥ·māmNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH3899 bread, food
among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִ֕םbag·gō·w·yimPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine pluralH1471 nation, people
to whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר’ă·šerPronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
I will banish themאַדִּיחֵ֖ם’ad·dî·ḥêmVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine pluralH5080 impel, thrust, banish

Ezekiel 4:14

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Ahאֲהָהּ֙’ă·hāhInterjectionH162 alas!
Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י’ă·ḏō·nāyNoun - proper - masculine singularH136 lord
GODיְהוִ֔הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3069 Yahweh
I saidוָאֹמַ֗רwā·’ō·marConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularH559 utter, say
Iנַפְשִׁ֖יnap̄·šîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
have neverלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
defiled myselfמְטֻמָּאָ֑הmə·ṭum·mā·’āhVerb - Pual - Participle - feminine singularH2930 be or become unclean
From my youthמִנְּעוּרַ֣יmin·nə·‘ū·rayPreposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH5271 youth, juvenility, young
untilוְעַד־wə·‘aḏ-Conjunctive waw; PrepositionH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
nowעַ֔תָּה‘at·tāhAdverbH6258 now
I have notלֹֽא־lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
eatenאָכַ֙לְתִּי֙’ā·ḵal·tîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH398 eat
anything found deadוּנְבֵלָ֨הū·nə·ḇê·lāhConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH5038 carcass, corpse
or mauled by wild beastsוּטְרֵפָ֤הū·ṭə·rê·p̄āhConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH2966 animal torn
Noוְלֹא־wə·lō-Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
uncleanפִּגּֽוּל׃סpig·gūlNoun - masculine singularH6292 foul thing, refuse
meatבְּשַׂ֥רbə·śarNoun - masculine singular constructH1320 flesh
has ever enteredבָ֥אḇāVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
my mouthבְּפִ֖יbə·p̄îPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH6310 mouth

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Ezekiel 4:13 Hosea 9:3–4 · Daniel 1:8

Ezekiel 4:14 Acts 10:14 · Ezekiel 20:49 · Ezekiel 9:8 · Deuteronomy 14:3 · Isaiah 65:4 · Exodus 22:31 · Leviticus 17:15 · Jeremiah 1:6 · Isaiah 66:17 · Leviticus 11:39–40 · Leviticus 19:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.