Ezekiel
Ezekiel 4:14
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.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ah | אֲהָהּ֙ | ’ă·hāh | Interjection | H162 alas! |
| Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| I said | וָאֹמַ֗ר | wā·’ō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| I | נַפְשִׁ֖י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| have never | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| defiled myself | מְטֻמָּאָ֑ה | mə·ṭum·mā·’āh | Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular | H2930 be or become unclean |
| From my youth | מִנְּעוּרַ֣י | min·nə·‘ū·ray | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H5271 youth, juvenility, young |
| until | וְעַד־ | wə·‘aḏ- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| now | עַ֔תָּה | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| I have not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| eaten | אָכַ֙לְתִּי֙ | ’ā·ḵal·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H398 eat |
| anything found dead | וּנְבֵלָ֨ה | ū·nə·ḇê·lāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H5038 carcass, corpse |
| or mauled by wild beasts | וּטְרֵפָ֤ה | ū·ṭə·rê·p̄āh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H2966 animal torn |
| No | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| unclean | פִּגּֽוּל׃ס | pig·gūl | Noun - masculine singular | H6292 foul thing, refuse |
| meat | בְּשַׂ֥ר | bə·śar | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1320 flesh |
| has ever entered | בָ֥א | ḇā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| my mouth | בְּפִ֖י | bə·p̄î | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H6310 mouth |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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.